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Kunwar Narain
As Usual
As usualthis time also
the police reached the place
much after the incident
so that they could record what
the eye-witnesses said. But
except for a heap of ashes
and charred bodies
there were no witnesses
the old and the young
who had built the pyre
with such frenzy
and had lit the fire –
the killers who had fed the flames
with helpless victims and danced . . .
Where did it happen? . . . In this country.
Why does it happen in any country?
In Belsen – Biafra – Belchi – Vietnam –
Bangladesh –
© Translation: 1994, Alok Bhalla
From: Yatra 2
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India, New Delhi, 1994
From: Yatra 2
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India, New Delhi, 1994
AS USUAL
© 1979, Kunwar Narain
From: Apne Samne
Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi
From: Apne Samne
Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi
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AS USUAL
From: Apne Samne
As Usual
As usualthis time also
the police reached the place
much after the incident
so that they could record what
the eye-witnesses said. But
except for a heap of ashes
and charred bodies
there were no witnesses
the old and the young
who had built the pyre
with such frenzy
and had lit the fire –
the killers who had fed the flames
with helpless victims and danced . . .
Where did it happen? . . . In this country.
Why does it happen in any country?
In Belsen – Biafra – Belchi – Vietnam –
Bangladesh –
© 1994, Alok Bhalla
From: Yatra 2
Publisher: 1994, HarperCollins Publishers India, New Delhi
From: Yatra 2
Publisher: 1994, HarperCollins Publishers India, New Delhi
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