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नेता है जैसे कोई नयी तरकारीआज ताज़ी तो कल बासीहै ये चमचा सरकारीजो पटाता है भाषण देकर दुनिया सारीये है वोट मँगा भिखारी इसने बड़ी बड़ी मुश्किलें खड़ी कीजैसे बाबरी, अनपढ़ भी बन जाते नेताजैसे राबरी… हाथ में झंडा और गले में मालापहनकर करते हैं ये गड़बड़ घोटालाअरे लोगों इनकी बहकावी बातों में न आनाContinue reading “नेता”

When the mind is troubled And the heart is thumping aloud. When the present turmoil Is making your warm blood boil. When there is no light And you are groping in the dark When you feel like a little fry Being baited to a shark. When your talents are lying wasted, Like leaves once green,Continue reading “When the mind is troubled”

मेरा संकल्प इतना कमज़ोर नहीं कि तेरा जुल्म उसे तोड़ सके मैंने अपना लक्ष्य आसमान की चोटी पर तय किया है, हिम्मत है तो तू भी अपनी ताकत आजमा कर देख ले… © Vidya Venkat (2022)

“What is the distance between the earth and the stars?” My five-year-old nephew asks, wide-eyed. The rocking horse in his bedtime story book Summons a unicorn and goes wherever it wishes. “I want to ride on that horse and get to the stars. I want to ask amma why she went away so far…” [WhenContinue reading “Unicorn and the stars”

Coal – scum of the earth. Burned in the hearth, lent warmth, & powered the world with its labour. Diamond – precious stone. Adorned women, fuelled wars, & consumed the labour of others.  [I wrote this poem at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in America last year following the murder of GeorgeContinue reading “Two fates”