Poetry
Oedipus:
An 'Ode' to Indian Nationalism
SARBPREET SINGH
This is the second in a
series of poems and essays by Sarbpreet Singh, marking the 30th year since the anti-Sikh pogroms in India and the continuing struggle to bring the 1984 mass-murderers to justice.
I love you so much
Mother
I have shed blood
To rid you of the
Cruel yoke
Now you are free
And mine alone
Pure at last
Your shackles broken
Sovereign. Shining crown
Upon your head
I have washed the shame
Of a million frenzied couplings
Off your body and your clothes
You are virtuous virginal
Mother
And I shall shed blood again
To keep you so
October 25, 2013
Conversation about this article
1: Harmeet Singh (USA), October 25, 2013, 10:18 AM.
A well-deserved mockery of India's genocidal Hindu nationalism.
2: Amarjit Singh Duggal (Atlanta, Georgia, USA), October 25, 2013, 3:45 PM.
Lovely!