Cat and Mouse Game
by Ananya S. Guha / January 24th, 2016
does it matter
what the caste is
does a junkie need it
you or me, up goes the ladder
down goes the spine, body and
all. someone commits suicide
and you say it is a somersault, playing little
nice games you say.
so if there was a mass suicide, no I am not
talking about farmers only, boys and girls,
researchers, students, teachers because they have assailed a high priest
(politics, caste, religion)
then how many times will we let the mouse loose
so that the cat can play the music and watch
somersaults?
• Reactions to the suicide of a Dalit student, and the very tragic drama after it. The Dalits are the ‘lower castes’ in India.
Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding.
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This article was posted on Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.
