Poem by Dr.Sandhya Tiwari

THE TRAGIC MAGIC OF HUMAN LOGIC

Have you heard what I said!
I know, I understand and I can talk
Not about just my pet
I know all about my friends and friends’ friends
I also know about my neighbors friends and friends’ neighbors
Neighbors’ neighbors and so on
Do you think I know only the people I interact with?

How sad! I can as well comment with authority on Jhumpa Lahiri
Shashi Tharoor, Chitra Divakaruni, Bharathi Mukerji
Oh……..you think because of my doctoral topic of diaspora studies
I feel comfortable to speak about them with ease
Good Lord! I can prove and speak with assertion
Ernest Hemingway, D.H.Lawrence, Mark Twain beyond question
Yeah….Do you think
Due to Post Graduation where I studied hours together without a blink
Lo! I do comment, criticize and laud with authority
Not only KCR, Kishan Reddy, Jagan, Rosaish, Chandra Babu
But also Manmohan, Chidambaram, Manish Tiwari, Advani and others
If you believe that is because I’m an Indian
Snap! I know about Kennedy, Bush, Clinton, Obama, and all
Claps, shutterbugs, garlands galore
I am popular and all are floored
But when I question about myself to me
Silence surrounds………
Alas! At last I understand
I spent most of my life in a fairyland
half bred, imagining full life led
Irrespective of the gender, caste and creed

Many live in a state of trance
wondering this is life modern and advance
Lost in shams and farce
Away from the fact “Self Knowledge” is enlightenment
into temporary state of sheer insensible entertainment
That’s the tragic magic of human logic.

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