I Love the Song Mahatma Gandhi Loved
...Shobana sings at the Mandapam in Chennai ... which I did not see
After all, my pilgrimage was only once, in 2003
He had cut his teeth in 1893 with apartheid & segregation
In Africa, where today it...
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Categories:
harijan, absence, abuse, addiction, africa,
Form: Bio
Harijan
...My cousin is beautiful,
And she wore a beautiful dress.
A boy saw her and had ideas.
A boy touched her without her consent.
I’ve been thinking about it,
And I think that I would rather be
Every...
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Categories:
harijan, anger, fear, strength, women,
Form: Free verse
Curse of Caste
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I
They came on bullock-carts
loaded with gods
Indra
Agni
Varuna
Rudra
traversed sinuous mountain ranges
rivers
gurglin...
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Categories:
harijan, birth, class, race, racism,
Form: Free verse