Aunty National

Let us go then, you and I
Where Aunty National is not a sexist lie
Where men and women behave like that
A bit of a rogue, and a bit of a brat
Lying through their oath and teeth
With possibly no misogyny beneath.

Nailing Prophets

Lies nailed
But who cares
Not the least
Those who survive
On nailing
The Prophets.

Muslim, Under A Hindu Skin

A colleague remarked
Probably in jest
But actually not
You are a Muslim
Under your Hindu skin
I let it pass
As he had failed.

If I were to call you a name

If I were to call you a name
Will you respond and bite into my game
Or will you be silent
As I turn more violent
Lost in my hate
While you wait
For law to prevail
As I get bail
Soon as I am in
While you begin
To feel the heat
Of the Tihar beat
And your name.

Us Raat Ki Subah Nahin

Kashmir Hamara Hai, Kashmiri Hamare Nahin

Flag

A flag
National or reverse
Is a thing quite perverse
In the hands of the few
Who do not eschew
Putting nation to shame
In their patriotic game
Of proving might is right
And shooting those in sight
Who love humanity
And distrust the vanity
Of a flag.

The idea of India

The idea of India
Is mine as well
So there.

Zinda aur Abaad

Anti-national

A nation is made of its people
The people elect their representatives
The reps ride roughshod over the preceding
With hopes for the nation receding
Pray who is anti-national then ?

Can I have silence, please

Can I have silence, please
Escape from the bores
Who mess up the shores
Of reason and debate
And bring on the hate
With noise.

Bash them up

Bash them up
Those anti-nationals
They dare to think
While we wink
At a slap or two
In Nathuram's shoe.

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is not absolute
Neither is freedom of life and liberty
Unless you go with the flow
Lie low, lie often, and play dirty.

The house has since shifted

The house has since shifted
But the home is left behind
Do take care, be happy
You are often in my mind
Senti mental as I sound
Of things lost and things found.

Heil Hitler and show

There are truths that can't be told
And untruths which freely can
Be in the pan
Boil up a broth
For lazy and the sloth
Nation wants to know
Heil Hitler and show.

Women versus the men

Women versus the men
Youth versus the old
Rich versus the poor
Just do as you are told.

Afloat, Adrift, At Sea ...

When I am in raptures
Or when I am sad
When I am quite happy
Or when I am bad
I remain me
Afloat, Adrift, At Sea ...

Marooned in flight

Lonely alone
Distressed in company
Marooned
In flight.

A life fool filled
Is one that we have
Fill it, shut it, forget it...

Smiles and more

Its when the eyes
Can no longer hide
The tears
One tends to smile
At regrets
And their fears.

Of you I am, but...

Of you I am
But not you
In deed
Or creed
But I try...

(My Parents)

Of monkeys and elephants

Once upon a time
Monkeys had short tails
And elephants trunks shorter
But wtf
Why should it matter
That becoming worse
Or better ?

Life after life

A life to live
Another to receive
What the earlier
Took away
Such are we
Totally at sea
Without a key
To life.