Anti National

by Ananya S. Guha / February 28th, 2016

Who is an anti national?
Why is this asked
when we are all masked?
National in the day
anti in the night
So what is right?
If you have a slogan
go and get the gun
then- run.
So if you are both
who will know
you can play the double game
only, remember you may be maimed
doesn’t matter
they’ll release you on a platter
this is not a tirade
we have ambiguities in this country
dark and black
sometimes even slack
I am not anti
but look everyone is so guilty.

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. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2016 at 8:01am and is filed under Poetry.