Kartikey Sehgal
On being asked what ‘what people do at an auto-expo’, and not willing to speak, I wrote the following on some napkins:
let us go to an auto expo
scratch our chins
and act informed.
like in a fashion show,
which is a gift to hypocrisy
where we watch the models
but ogle at the fabrics
let us discuss
engines and powers -
not of the model,
who sashays around the bonnet
moving hers in style, -
but of the car
let us …
Kartikey Sehgal
It takes only 2 photos to understand. Plus, enjoy the poem at the end.
This is slutwalk-Delhi’s founder Umang Sabarwal’s Facebook profile photo [edit: changed today]. And this is what the movement is really about.
[the smileys are my creations]
Sometimes, fun things indicate much more.
Male-shaming
Starts at school. Makes minions out of men.
This is:
a. a regular photo. nothing to read into.
b. a photo designed to imply servility – man looking up to woman
c. role-reversal: woman as ‘Romeo’ …
Kartikey Sehgal
Fragrant flowers along the river
let their fragrance bathe us
we are at one with oblivion
till human voices wake us
the boat, it rows, a-lone.
the poets walk the shore
the boat passes –
time is anathema to life
and the flowers take a lifetime
to fill our hearts with joy
we are at one with oblivion
till human voices wake us
the bird, it flies, a-far.
the poets walk the shore
the bird passes –
- often chirping songs of joy …
read nice poems written by Benita and Shaili
“Writing a poem is discovering”
Robert Frost