A friend a fried, Chetan,
But why to do with friendship
In such a way
That you talking about
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I do not know it,
What to call him
A modernist or a post-modernist,
A colonial or a post-colonial,
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Globalization and its impact on Indian English poetry,
How to negate it,
India going colonial, post-colonial,
Modern and modernistic
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The poor daughter of India, think I, about
My own daughter,
The poor daughter of India
Lying neglected and ignored
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Iftikhar Hussain Rizvi is one of those Indian English poets
Of the seventies
Who seek to adhere to and perfect
The romantic traits rather than taking
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My Lord, art Thou the same
Who hath created the tiger
Hath created the lamb,
Art Thou the same
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Cleanse my heart, cleanse and purge it
If there be any vice or sin,
Cleanse and chastise it, my Lord,
Purge it, purge it,
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Thou'rt hope in despair,
Hope in despair, my Lord,
When despair ruffles me
And I find none
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