Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Great Indian Recipe: Parliamentary Brick - Poems by Sunil Sachdev from the book U Turn

 Carefully select one well-grown 

and thick skinned student leader 

dress him up like a chicken 

then put him in a kneader 


the purpose of the kneader 

is to make a spineless dough 

but the thick skin should remain 

to tell half truths and to bow


now put this special dough 

in a national party mould

party name is not important

provided its leaders are old 


keep the mould in a furnace 

lit by communal fires

and blow air mixed with slogans 

to brainwash and inspire 


when this hardened lout turns 

red and yellow and white 

you know he is ready to change 

colours, and wear what's right 


the 'brick' is now ready 

to lay another foundation 

to join Indian politics 

serve parliament and nation. 


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