In urgent timesPoetry turns Polemic For a reasonWhen art itself is not response enough Poetry drips realityArundhati writes fiction as real it can getPoetry needs an intimate urgency too———————

Nation Building is synonym for sacrifice Rituals and Totems of the Nation StateThe Flag, The Anthem, The Parliament Are all vitalAcademia is as wellHuman Development indicators matter A Tank is not one of themNo wonder we trail our neighbours As progress is blinkered And the Nation Is an imagined community With people at its coreWhich … More Tanking, a Poem