The women of your age I train my eyes on
Remind me of you through some resemblances
And some violent contrasts now and then.
Nose studs and ear drops I see in the shops
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Innocence is pure; innocence is fresh;
Innocence is new. So, it’s a beauty.
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One invalid begs and the other scavenges.
One dies in an arson, hailing his leader’s
name
And the other dies as a suicide bomber.
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We are the adivasis,
Those Mundals and Santals,
Who had lived in India
Before Dravidians did,
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You enter with greed;
You exit with fear.
You love with greed;
You fail with fear.
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Fear of loss, fear of pain,
Fear of revenge or repercussions,
Fear of falling a victim,
Fear of danger, and fear of death
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Her husband is dead.
Tragic or pleasing news!
That too in a car accident.
She was my love five decades back.
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Girls want boys
Older than firer,
Braver than brainy,
Richer than kinder,
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‘How long should I sleep
keeping windows shut? ’
says a man, ‘I must marry’.
‘How long should I sleep
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I have a son; how proud I was
When he was born! How proud I was
When he had grown and abroad flown!
Left to neglect, I am still proud
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