1. Tongue: A Soliloquy
Some day, after so
Poem On Elections' Tryst With Power And Privilege
Durga Prasad Panda's poem triggers a sharp incision into an individual's place in the matrix of power politics.
Supporters take part in a support rally for Indian Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sabil before he leaves to file his election nomination papers in New Delhi on April 16, 2009. Photo: The India Today Group
Supporters take part in a support rally for Indian Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sabil before he leaves to file his election nomination papers in New Delhi on April 16, 2009. Photo: The India Today Group
Many years later,
I will surely come
Carrying my broken self
On my back,
Walking across this road
Once washed with blood
To look for my tongue
Lost in the slippery corridor
Of power and privilege.
An election meeting in New Delhi, India, 1957 Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images
An election meeting in New Delhi, India, 1957 Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Durga Prasad Panda is an accomplished bilingual poet and critic whose works have appeared in prestigious journals and magazines across the country and abroad
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