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Why I Am Not a Theorist (Part 3)

India, Sept. 21 -- I am tired of the Indian theorists MN Srinivas, Bhikku Parekh, Ashish Nandy, Akeel Bilgrami, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi K.Bhabha, Aijaz Ahmed, Upendra Baxi, Partha Chatterjee,... Read More


Why I Am Not a Theorist? (Part 2)

India, Sept. 14 -- The Brahmin preacher does not always hide. He may stand before the Hindu crowd and defend hierarchy openly. He may speak of purity and pollution, tradition and order, custom and i... Read More


Why I Am Not a Theorist? (Part 1)

India, Sept. 7 -- They write of democracy from rooms where democracy has never had to enter the kitchen, where equality is discussed beneath lights that never reveal the darkness outside. They write ... Read More


Forbidden Fruit-Part 3 (Ten Short Poems)

India, Aug. 17 -- Loving Fruit You think I am a forbidden fruit, unworthy of your love. But I never think You are a forbidden fruit, Even though India forbids your Nagalim. For me, Love is unconditio... Read More


Forbidden Fruit-Part 2 (Four Short Poems)

India, Aug. 10 -- Where Did You Go, Hating My Black Dalit Skin? You appeared like a moon-flower in 2002, you shone like moonlight until 2004. Where did you go from Pondicherry? For so long, I searched... Read More


Total Dehumanisation (Part 13)

India, Aug. 3 -- Vishnu Smriti 44.9; Yajnavalkya 3.21.3; ?pastamba Dharmas?tra 2.1.2.6; Skanda Purana V.iii.14-22: Criminals and sinners will be reborn as untouchable caste people. O Hindu, At marri... Read More


Cockroach Janata Party. A Poem.

India, July 27 -- From ages of dust and burdens untold, It rose where countless sorrows unfold, Born to cleanse what centuries stained, A land where fear and silence reigned. Where steps were feared a... Read More


Total Dehumanisation (Part 12)

India, July 20 -- Vishnu Smriti 5.104 and Angiras Samhita 1.39: "If an untouchable caste intentionally touches a non-Dalit, then he or she is to be put to death. The Dvija is purified by consuming cow... Read More


Total Dehumanisation (Part 11)

India, July 13 -- Apastamba Dharma Shastra 2.1.2.8; Vishnu Shastra 71.58-59; Satapatha Brahmana 14:1:1:31; Parasara Shashra 6.22; Kurma Purana 11.34.80; Usana Samhita 9.89: "Speaking with an Untouchab... Read More


Total Dehumanisation (Part 10)

India, July 6 -- "If an untouchable caste intentionally touches a high-caste person, then he or she is to be put to death" (Vishnu Smriti 5.104 and Angiras Samhita 1.39) O Hindu, They did not fall l... Read More