Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla Biography
Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla is a renowned poet, human rights scholar, vegan, truth-social campaigner, and free-speech advocate based in the Netherlands. His poetry and critical writings appear regularly in American, Israeli, European, Indian, and Nagalim-based English newspapers and literary platforms.
He is the author of Refugee Poems: Life in Exile, Volume 1 (2025) and Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society (2024) , both published by Wipf & Stock, USA. His academic research includes Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia (2018) , published in The Age of Human Rights Journal.
Dr. Mattimalla's literary works have been catalogued in prominent public libraries across the United States and Germany, and his poetry has been translated into French and published by Association SALAM, a respected humanitarian organisation.
His writing is deeply shaped by lived experiences of caste oppression, political exile, and profound personal loss. These realities continue to inform his commitment to human rights, anti-caste advocacy, and poetry as a vehicle for witness, resistance, and memory.
He lives in Germany with his wife, Selamawit Hailu Bezabih, and their son, Saviour Suryaraju Mattimalla. Their family has known both joy and tragedy, including the loss of their second child 'Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla' for forced vaccination in late pregnancy in Germany and the earlier loss of his first baby for Hindu honour killing in India—events that mark his life and work with enduring grief, resilience, and a refusal to be silenced.
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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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On a cold day in Regensburg,
Divine intervention led us to meet.
We were aliens in an alien land,
Bearing tears, bearing heartaches,
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