Shakuntala Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Shakuntala
An Indian girl so classic and elegant,
Coy and simple
Vedic village girl,
A daughter Brahminical
And Upanishadic,
Aryan and rural
And natural
Of the sacred space!

Shakuntala,
Shakuntala
Into the Vedic hermitage
So gracious and chaste
Telling the tale of
Her womanhood,
The struggle of giving name
To her son,
Getting recognition from
A forgetful king!

A dramatic persona
Slim and beautiful,
A hermitage character
Vedic and classical,
Upanishadic and Puranic
Dodged by an Indian king
Forgetful of marriage,
Failing to recognize
Her!