Some Issues (Trans.)

PoetryTranslation
Written By Saswat Pattanayak

Let us talk of the nation’s tribulations
Talk of the colonial power impositions
Why bother with heaven’s splendors
Let us talk of the hell we possess

(Translated by Saswat Pattanayak)

Kuchh Baatein

“Des ke adbaar ki baatein karey
Ajnabi sarkar ki baatein karey
Agli duniya ke fasaaney chhoddkar
Is jahannumzaar ki baatein karey” 

(Original verse: Sahir Ludhianvi)


Saswat Pattanayak

Independent journalist, media educator, photographer and filmmaker. Based in New York. Always from Bhubaneswar.

https://saswat.com
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