A litany of our times

Somehow, I have always felt a gross disconnect between the values that we profess and the practices, which we adopt. It's a shame when the tax-payers' money and I am one of the fortunate few to fall in that bracket, is utilised to breed a licentious bunch of Hooligans in uniform.

Ranbir Singh, an MBA and probably the only hope of a family, who expected his earnings to liberate them from the daily drudgery of balancing meagre incomes with rising prices was killed by the police. The jury is still out on whether it was a fake encounter. However, the repetition of such incidents by an institution still steeped in the mores of the imperialist British, lends credence to the theory of trigger-happy and above-the-law police in the country.

Outposter Borobabu, maanta tar mosto,
Dosher modhye ektai je taar, choritro osposhto;

Bishal bopu manushta ontyoshar faapa,
Urdir khyati sarthak korey swarta akash kaapa;

Baaghey kamraley ganagar jai shudhui atharo gha,
Kulokey boley - Borobabur nek-nojor, matro eskho-atharo gha;

Gramer chashi Kasem Ali, kaaj korey din-onto,
Allah’r kopey kopal faata, foshol je tar baronto;

Diyechilo taka mohajon taakey, suder nei je onto,
Kemon korey shudbey taaka, ovaab je taar ananta;

Mohajoner posha Urdi achey, maash kabarir khataye,
Kasem ke tara tuley niye jai, maajh raatrer hanaye;

Borobabu boro ador korey, garod-ghorey jholaye,
Raatbhor choley khatir-daari, cigarette-r mulaem chankaye;

Bigha due taar likhe niye nai, Mohojaner posha pyaada,
Borobabu kora nojor raakhey, taar bokhra je aadha;

Kaaj hoeche, ekhon r ki Kasem’er thaka dorkar?
Ruji ta gechey – ki korey bachey, Jai Goriber sorkar;

Vor-rattirey Kasem jholey, choumathar bot gachey,
Por din Khaki Urdi boley, pagaal ta morey benchechey;

Borobabur doyar shorir, Somaj-sonkar e pran,
Mohajon sathey, dhulo uriye Kasemer vitey jaan;

Eshe Mohajon Kasemer bari, dei eksho taakar note,
Shonge Mohanuvob Borobabu, saamney je ponchayeter vote..