Time has not yet come for us all
Dalits!
Why should we think of
celebrations?
What for should we now be
celebrating?
Definitely not this holi diwali and
so on!
All these wasteful aryan hindu
festivals!
Did we ever think of crores of
rupees?
Burnt off as celebrations and
festivities
On diwali day even by the poor
Dalits!
When our children are illiterate as they
Could not afford a book note or
pencil!
Or the school fees uniforms and
food!
Small children do die due to
sicknesses
Even today without money for buying
Life saving basic medicines bandages
Don't we have ever any heart within
us?
Does it not burn with pain and
sadness?
Burn us down for celebrating our
sins!
Why should we do ever celebrate
these?
The festivities of those aryans exploiting
All our poor people over
millenniums?
Just to show our own personal
growth?
Shameless selfish existence in
comfort?
When our own people are still
suffering?
Or is it personal pride and
arrogance?
Of self achievements with
reservations!
That others are still living in all
misery
Penury poverty shortages and
sickness
While we are happily and
comfortably
Developed with all our needs with
us?
Adding insult to injury should we
then
Not content with spending and
burning
Valuable cash that can save many
lives!
Spend money and time also in
sending
All Greetings to our new found
friends
Mostly others and may be a few
Dalits!
Sure for us and at least for me the
time
Has not yet come to celebrate
anything
Yes anything and anything including
that
Independence or any other
celebration!
Yes me and those like me may be
bad!
But definitely not any of aryan
festivals.
-A Dalit Poet
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