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What's in a name?

Hitler and the monster
With the stage set for the February 15 Assembly polls in the Northeast, a surfeit of names crop up that extend from the ordinary to the bizarre. There are namesakes and names for names' sake. Adolf Hitler, for once, is not a member of the German National Socialist Party. He is not a protagonist of Nazism either for anybody to be alarmed of but just the Congress(I) nominee for the Rangsakona (ST) seat in Meghalaya. Adolf Hitler R Marak is his full name. The Great Dictator of the Third Reich is not the only fiend to contest in the ensuing elections in the state. The very name of a candidate for the Mendipather (ST) constituency would send a shiver down the spine of one too many. One was told that Mary Shelley's monster did destroy its creator. But Frankenstein is alive and kicking for he (Frankenstein W Momin) is the Congress(I) man out here. Continue reading

The mills and our loss

The mills and our loss
A disaster becomes a farce when the underlying tragedy gets buried, for whatever be the reason. That is just what has happened with the Supreme Court order paving the way for more malls and luxury apartments in the congested metropolis of Mumbai that should translate into billions of rupees for mill owners. It is not just the court ruling which will be environmentally calamitous for Mumbai. The real tragedy lies in the fact that all voices of reason have been drowned in the Babel of eulogies that have been flooding the newspapers and the news channels. Trust the media to slut themselves for the shortsighted interests of the real estate mafia. Continue reading
 
Title Collection
Crashing through the gates of dawn The Fire of Nothingness
Or else, I would never let you go The Fire of Nothingness
Incomplete words The Fire of Nothingness
Kill me if you can The Fire of Nothingness
The light of nothingness The Fire of Nothingness
Wrap-up The Fire of Nothingness
Hit the fool’s eye The Fire of Nothingness
The squalor is squalid The Fire of Nothingness
Stranded in time, lost in space The Fire of Nothingness
The surge, a fatality The Fire of Nothingness
Die, you scum of the earth Anger in Ashes
Salami revolution Anger in Ashes
The fountainshame Anger in Ashes
You deserve a boo Anger in Ashes
Spinning a yarn Anger in Ashes
They build asylums for us Anger in Ashes
Obliterated words Anger in Ashes
Some justification Anger in Ashes
Status quo Anger in Ashes
End: It has to be horrific Anger in Ashes
Let them sleep Accursed in Twilight
Scavengers must leave Accursed in Twilight
A pre-empted epitaph of foeticide Accursed in Twilight
Purge it in and out Accursed in Twilight
An arrogant mind Accursed in Twilight
Closed doors Accursed in Twilight
Swan song Accursed in Twilight
Ignominious epitaph Accursed in Twilight
The talepiece Accursed in Twilight
True story Accursed in Twilight
Trample, crackle Ready for Exile
A reverie, told Ready for Exile
Their drought, my monsoon Ready for Exile
Answers Lost in Questions Ready for Exile
Outpouring of words, déjà vu of a downpour Ready for Exile
Rains: Before, After Make Believe Imagination
Interlude Ready for Exile
A Poet's Defence of a Minstrel Ready for Exile
The countdown Ready for Exile
The leaf that got away Make Believe Imagination
Catcher in the dry Make Believe Imagination
A foresummer noon's lullaby Make Believe Imagination
An Epitaph for a Friend
Lust for love, the rape of the mind Ready for Exile
When the stillness resonates Ready for Exile
Even spirits must die Make Believe Imagination