today, this country i’ve
had to call home,
celebrates it’s republic day
for ‘we’ gave ourselves
the constitution of india
a few years ago
and while then
it probably seemed
to be the most
radical step to take
through articles guaranteeing
social justice and equality
banning every act of untouchability
expectedly leading to some more
equitable distribution of property
fuck this shit
the same articles are now used
as knives, courts use
the blunt knives to kill
secularism and the blood runs
now in the gutters of democracies
where the nobodies live
and all i see now are articles
guaranteeing an abuse
did you hear the court just granted bail
to 3 hindu murderers who literally killed
Mohsin Sheikh. Yes. A Muslim.
“The applicants/accused had no other motive such as any personal enmity against the innocent deceased Mohsin. The fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion.”, the court said
so tonight let us burn these articles
that now seem like prophecies
which came after a struggle
of the many many people
lest they be found
by the murderers
and used to kill
the ones who owned them.
and while i may seem
too out of my fucking minds
i would also request you to
think of article 370. Abused.
also think of article 21. Abused.
also think of article 14. 16. 19.
and now think of Kashmir.
think occupation.
think resistance.
think PSA.
think torture.
think disappearance.
think half widows.
think dead children.
think pellets.
think blindness.
now, think army.
think police.
think immunity.
think rape.
What the fuck are we doing
waking up at 7 am, getting
ready in white clothes
for flag hoisting ceremonies,
becoming a player in their
nationalist india? maybe,
mourning the death
of a republic called india.
by the way
happy republic day
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