the great exodus
15.05. 2020
some get laathis
some get cakes
a child on a bag
a government forsakes
people wanting positivity
turn their face
oblivious to misery
to newer depths they race
robed ones feign ignorance
believing the state
that no one has starved
that great is their fate
the exodus continues.
12.05.2020
in the dead of the night
parents walking back home
will calm down crying children
bacche so jaa
kal bees lakh karod aane hai
the roads from tomorrow
will be a lot cooler
and not cause a blister
ek waqt ka khaana aaj mila hai kal bees lakh karod aane hai
there was once a point focal
go local be vocal
but then we know this proposal
nothing but a jhumla total
#beeslaakhkarod
17.05.2020
as they make their way home
their identity changing from
labourers to migrants
and now both
that they are citizens
is forgotten by sevaks in power
busy recycling “packages”
with zeroes entering their teens
he said like in the great epic
the war will be done in 21
seems this chakravyuh we are in
is a thousand mazes in one
their slogans are done
their tasks are over
their promises still tall
in this bemisaal saal
The exodus continues…
21.05.2020
Govt in its element
AIR
short haul no problem
says Mr Puri
middle seat me baitho
why worry about doori
EARTH
citizens walking
why make a fuss
walking is good
send back the bus
FIRE
don’t sack no worker
pay what is due
while we spend on laathis
to beat them blue
Note: Did not include water — given the havoc created by the typhoon in Bengal and Odisha.
