Devesh Path Sariya

Sheep lack both—
the ability to choose the right leader
and the courage to overthrow the wrong one.
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My heart sank a little
as I ticked the very first checkbox
among all the income group options
on the bank form.
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Do tyrants know that Mussolini's mouth,
Once spewing venom, was stuffed
with a dead rat and publicly
peed on by a woman.
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'Holding her hands in mine, I simply thought
The world should be as beautiful and warm as her hands'
- Kedarnath Singh
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(1) Exiled

In the face of even the slightest possibility,
their longing grew for a chance,
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(1)

Across the road, a man and a woman stand,
The woman faces towards me,
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Unknown by name, these tiny flowers
extend their tender reach from grass, bush, or leaf,
offering solace in moments of sorrow.
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On this Hindi Diwas,
I received a poem calligraphed in Mandarin as a gift.

On this Hindi Diwas,
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We ride bicycles,
Feeling a deep connection to the wheels,
And to the spirit of their invention.
No fuel can ever replace
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(Visiting the Facebook profile of a stranger woman who died during Covid)

8 May 2021
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Outside the chest and respiratory clinic,
beside me sits an elderly man, engrossed in his phone.

The screen displays a chat window,
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From the sand dunes of Rajasthan,
a young poet sets out on a journey to the far south.

Ripened by the desert's scorching heat,
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