Tree Of Venom Poem by Kanishka SricharanPratap

One father
One uncle
Ate and ate... Women flesh
Tied a knot... Dog's knot.

Blew a chant...
Sowed the seed...

Split... split...
Split the country
Into three pieces.

In murder... loot
Burning... escape
Mass rape... massacre
Killed a crore,

Made the history
Unfurled a flag.

Under that flag
Read that history
From seed to seed
Spread the tree...
Gave the fruit
Dreadful venom!


Translated from Odia by
Subash Chandra Mohapatra