Hindu Anarchy Coming To India: Canto I-Farmers Farewell

A common confrontation between Man and animals From the wild, are pigs roaming farm lands Destroying the crops Of pöor farmers, it’s indeed a Problem in Indian states With forest borders, acute in her Many smaller states. In larger states where lands are vast And circumference of Pigs’ roaming areas big, those only Near the woods suffer, But in small states like 'Kerala where Ham'lets and villages Are not too far from forest bound’ries Tribals can’t raise crops. Paddy and plantain, vegetables, Tapioca, tea, And rubber, are the earning crops of Those outermost states, But these unfortunately are the Very things they like To devour and uproot by night to the Dismay of the day. When someone sees in the sunup the Ploughing the pigs did During the yester night, his heart is Broken and he weeps, For they can’t leave their lands for they have Nowhere else to go, Nor can they a'bandon th’ages-old Occupation of farming. In days of old the farmers had Se'veral techniques neat To harness pigs, this problem was not Severe in those days, Of one was building watch-huts in the 'Middle of the fields and Watching they come, and creating much Din and noise by Cracking firearms and banging vessels Driving them away: This surely was not as easy as Singing in this song. It is a very dang’rous business, Man-attacking pigs From the wild are most vicious in their 'Ferocity and thoroughness Of attacks. Have anyone ever seen a Farmer attacked by Wild pigs? Indeed it is a very Horrible sight to see. If farmers do this technique now, the Nearby residents Would file com'plaints against sound pollution And 'cases will begin. So then they constructed fences with Firearms hanging from, Which when the pig touches the fence Would fall down and explode, Driving the 'pigs away, but Police Ob'structed this practice For there was firearms involved, so they Turned to other tricks, Including passing electri'city Through their fences, which Soon were dismantled for inviting- Deaths and accidents. So then they started shooting pigs with Homemade shot guns, soon Forest and Revenue Departments came Prosecuting them. Those who eat them say pigs are very Delicious to eat, All know that their numbers are more than Enough to be eaten, Or protected, the law is clear: they Can’t be shot at will, But who will take in farmers in Protected Animals’ List? So now the cause of farmers lost, their Fields and farm sheds rot; And jungle encroaches their homesteads, Like those Inca homes.