Sir, Gandhiji tried to be an Englishman
In the suit and boot,
Pants, shirt and neck-tie,
Haven’t you seen him?
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Rustic Professor of English
Chews he paan,
Pushing into the mouth
And starts teaching
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Bhagjogini, a countryside girl
Of India
Living poorly
Below the poverty line
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There is love in my heart
You do not know it
The limits of it,
I want to be
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Who reads poetry now-a-days?
The reader reads it not,
The poet reads it,
The contributing poets,
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The WBCUTA and the ABTA are the thinktanks
Of the CPI(M) Party
And the members of those educational organization
Are but politics
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It is good as well as heartening to hear that
The students have beaten the teachers,
I mean the ismic teachers,
The pro-Left university teachers
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Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari, Hari, Hari,
O, sing you,
Om, Om, Hari, Hari,
Hari, Hari, Om, Om,
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The dark daughter,
Dark you,
Dark the things of creation
And in the world dark,
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I love you,
How many times shall I say to you,
I love you,
Love you?
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