Sunday Poem By Rituparna Khan

1. Amazon

A simple search
A flick of click
All at doorstep
In a jiffy.

Electronic imperialism
Forest of mundane stuffs
Raining and reigning.

Oho! something else
A lush green aura
Calm and cool
Home to fauna
Hearth to flora.

Humanistic imperialism.
Forest of ecological emotions.
Rained before it was burnt.

Both are different.
Both are similar.
Rainforests are they…

2. Shehood

There existed a story.
Between birth and death
a story existed.
Between sorrow and mirth
thrived a story.
Between gives and takes
a story ambled.
Between dos and don’ts
breathed a story.
All yess and nos
crafted a story.
A story of her.
A story nestled
stories.
Of…
Sita, Radha, Draupadhi,
Meera, Kunti, Gandhari.
Of…
deprivation, denial, devastation.
A story of inhuman shehood.