SHESHU BABU - POEMS

The writer may be from India but he feels that he is from anywhere and everywhere. Whenever he ponders on the question ' who am I?' , he receives some response from a lyric by Assamese writer Bhupen Hazarika ' Ami ek jajabor'  ( translated into Hindi by Gulzar) 

(I am a gypsy 
The earth has called me he own 
And I have forgotten my home
English)

  Do not question ​

​In the Paleolithic age 
There was a sage 
Who invented smartphone .....
And a drone....
Do not question!
Only listen!
There were planes that could fly 
Electric vehicles that could ply 
Machines that could spy.....
Do not ask how and why!
Just listen!
Don't question!
All answers are found in religion 
Need not bother about science and reason 
Read the scriptures: read the gospel 
Read ' Mahabharata' epic battle 
Read the Qura'an and the Bible  
Till all the lingering doubts settle ....
Do not question 
Do not question!
Human progress thru the ages,
Proletarian struggles for improved wages ,
The philosophers interpretation of the world
The scientists hard work - courageous and bold .....
Do not ever mention !
Else, you' ll be tried for treason!
Present situation is tragic 
There is dearth of logic 
Oppression and exploitation  are strategic 
Tools to the system  capitalistic
Do not question! 
Just , to the rulers , listen..! 

​ Post truth

​Loud jingoism
Fanaticism
Majoritarianism
Prevail,
There will not be any space to avail
Freedom of expression
Raise voice in opposition ...
Lies proved by statistics
Frauds covered by numerical gimmicks
Dominate political discourse
Camouflaging original source
This is the era of ' post truth'
Where degrowth can be contrued as growth
Where richness of a few elite
Covers poverty's alarming height
Again, it's goebels propaganda
That could not save Hitler
Present aggressive fascist agenda
Will not support any ruler !!

​  The mendicant's prophecy

​Hugging the iron gate 
Mendicant was cursing his fate 
Shouting relentlessly for alms 
Tightly clutching forearms
I rushed with money and some food 
So that he'd leave my place for good 
When I ordered him to stretch his hand,
He immediately obeyed like magic wand 
Seeing his ecstacy and relief 
I asked him in disbelief 
' How could you change your emotion 
So suddenly from disgust to elation?'
He replied with serious face ,
" This is the result of your grace : 
The reaction fundamental to life 
If you were in my place, you'd have experienced si!ilar strife"
After his departure, I thought for a moment 
How human reflexes change with every passing incident 
His prophecy is reflection of reality 
Based on basics of morality