Social Worker

by Ananya S. Guha / December 14th, 2025

With winter
The poor, the old
And the decrepit
Will once again
Look for blankets;
For the better off
To give gratuitously,
And earn the name
Or sobriquet
Of “ social worker”
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, December 14th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.