Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla is a renowned poet, human rights scholar, vegan, and free-speech advocate from Switzerland. He regularly publishes poems in American, Israeli, European, Indian, and Nagalim-based daily English newspapers and publication houses. He is the author of the grand poetry " Refugee Poems: Life in Exile, " Volume 1 (2025) , published by Wipf & Stock, USA; " Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society" (2024) , published by Wipf & Stock, USA, and the author of the globally acclaimed 'Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia' (2018) , published by the Oxford hub of the human rights journal The Age of Human Rights Journal. He lives with his Ethiopian-Tigrayan wife, Selamawit Hailu Bezabih, and seven-year-old son, Saviour Suryaraju Mattimalla, in Switzerland. His family lived in Regensburg, Germany, where his second son, Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla, was killed at 37 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy by a neo-Nazi German gynecologist by forceful 'Repevax' vaccination on June 28,2023. His first baby was killed by a Hindu honor killing in India in 2010.
His ground-breaking poems are:
The Battle of Hoshepu & The Battle of Satakha
PAIN D'ESPOIR, MAINS DE SALAM(French Translated Poem)
Nagaland: The Cradle of Humanity and Civilization
Ode to the Defenders: The IDF Resolve
Echoes of October 7
Jewish and Untouchable Carcasses
Twin Stars Tragedy: Tribute to Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim
Ode of Gratitude: Thank You, Donald Trump
Ode of Gratitude: A Prayer for Benjamin Netanyahu
Ode to Leadership: A Thank You to Joe Biden
A Call to Columbia: Honor Knowledge, Reject Hate
Refugee Poems: Life in Exile, Volume 1
Ode to the 'Boots on the Ground', In response to the global surge of Antisemitism
Ode to the Naga National Council: 75th Naga Plebiscite Day
The Seed of the Word, Opinions
O Naga Mother: A Cry Against Gaslighting
Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom
The Masks of Academia
Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim
I Am Nagalim
Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society
Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia (Academia paper)
Fire starts to climb up, nearly touching the heavens.
The sound of crackling wood sounded like a death wail.
But what of the air that chokes and sighs?
When another body starts to turn to ashes and flies?
...
O valiant Derek, clad in blue's proud hue,
A steadfast guard where law and honor grew.
With resolute heart, you faced the urban fray,
A bulwark strong against the night's decay.
...
And here I stand, with grief and blazing ire,
To mourn a voice who lit the hearts to fire:
Charlie Kirk, patriot of steadfast creed,
Who sowed in youth the everlasting seed
...
Dear Madam Manuela and your husband so dear,
Every day on the bus, your presence brings cheer.
"Namaste" we whisper, with smiles that unite,
Your beautiful warmth makes our world feel right.
...
On a cold day in Regensburg,
Divine intervention led us to meet.
We were aliens in an alien land,
Bearing tears, bearing heartaches,
...