Normalizing

When you see rough handling of children But don’t do anything, you’re normalizing child abuse When you see your fellow beings dehumanized But don’t do anything, you’re normalizing hate When you see powerful exploiting the powerless But don’t do anything, you’re normalizing tyranny When you see people getting subsumed by hatred But don’t do anything, […]

The Greatest Lie

The greatest lie often told by humans To other humans who suffer is “Everything will be alright” No, everything will not be alright Unless one takes some action People might say it is to comfort The sufferer that they say this lie But it is a lie to cover up another lie People want to […]

Privileged Idiot(s)

If you see the evil around you Yet think you’re safe then you’re a PI If you derive happiness from the sorrows of the oppressed Not realizing you would be next then you’re a PI If you feel superior to others Just because of your birth then you’re a PI If you do not lend […]

Delusion

One needs more vocabulary to Describe the horrors one sees As not all horrors are equal Describe the injustices meted out As not all injustices carry equal weight Describe the absurdity of existence As there are many flavors of it Describe the tranquility of insanity As it differs across age and people But there is […]

Count your blessings

Few sayings are more prevalent than This “Count your blessings” axiom, It reeks of self-centered high handedness, It demeans other people whom you compare To make yourself feel better for a while. You never care to understand the “others”, Still you in a heartbeat feel superior to them. But, hey, you never understood yourself, For […]

Fear of the (un)known

Most believe that fear of unknown Is worse than the fear of known A known devil is better Than an unknown angel – it is said But it is the fear of known That makes cowards out of you You know what happens to moral beings You know what awaits you in the end You […]

Cope Together

You think you are good at coping with All the hardships that life throws at you You become so good at coping That you believe you are special You see others who can’t cope As some sort of lesser beings You never realize your privileges That you’re born to and grow with You think you […]

Hell

Sartre said “Hell is other people” Hell is not other people Hell is our “self” A reflective self is the hell An indifferent self is no self The self fights relentless battles Against the herd of sheep in the world Only to end up in hell But a reflective self cherishes this “hell” At all […]

New Year

All those resolutions Would amount to nothing All those wishes Would most certainly not come true All those promises Would invariably be broken All those positive thoughts Would definitely be forgotten What would be left at the year end? Yet another meaningless year That amounted to nothing but sheer absurdity Imgsrc : Edvard Munch museum

Gifted lives

You live a privileged life, if You’re not chronically sick You have functioning body You have people to turn to in times of need You have enough food on your table by end of every month You have some money at your disposal even after facing an emergency You have your comfort life not affected […]