Amnesia

by Ananya S. Guha / June 15th, 2025

One day you
realise that immigrants
have made a silent invasion
into your land
so while cutting down
on imports you deport

Forgetting that once
you too were an immigrant

You are recalcitrant to travel
circuitous routes of history
obsessed with the present

You forget that you too
we’re a part of history

Was, is an immigrant

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, June 15th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.