The Good Times Are Here
Achhe din Achhe din
The good times are here.
Modi is just like Santa Claus
spreading much good cheer.
Articles by: Walt Gelles
Trump’s Path To Nuclear War
Donald Trump’s reckless policies, belligerence, volatile personality, and rejection of diplomacy have brought the world to the brink of war in Korea. Such a war could rapidly turn nuclear, killing hundreds of thousands or millions of people, spreading deadly radiation across the planet, and likely involving China and Russia. North Korea will never give up its nuclear and ballistic missile[Read More…]
Starry Night
Under a Hindutva sky
I lay me down to die
but suicide is a moral crime,
so maybe it’s not yet my time.
Tear Down The Great Firewall Of China
“The ‘Great Firewall of China’ – the world’s most extensive effort to try to control cyberspace – has become more formidable under President Xi Jinping. Authorities have closed some video and audio streaming websites, limited online access to foreign and ‘foreign-inspired’ television programs, stiffened penalties for ‘spreading rumor’ via social media and restricted access to virtual private networks.” — Reuters.com,[Read More…]
Linking Of Aadhaar To Heartbeat: A Positive Step
I linked my Aadhaar to my PAN card.
Then I linked my PAN card to my bank account.
Then I linked my Aadhaar to my bank account.
Then I linked my Aadhaar to my tax return.
Then I linked my Aadhaar to my LPG gas connection.
Then I linked my Aadhaar to my mobile phone.
Then the Government issued a decree ordering
that all persons must link their Aadhaar to their heartbeat
within three months or face discontinuation of the heartbeat.
Message To Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi,
take the flowers out of your hair
and place them on a Rohingya mass grave
to show you care.
Three Found Poems
Three eruptions of unintentional poetry plucked from prose works, on topics ranging from homelessness in India to neocolonialism to death.
Modi’s Man-Made Calamity: How Many Will Die?
At this point, every sane and responsible person in India should be asking: How many tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, or millions of people in India are going to die from hunger, starvation, malnutrition and disease as a result of Modi’s demonetisation? Reports from the rural and semi-rural areas of India, from towns and villages, already indicate that[Read More…]
Demonetisation, Day 50
I feel like a criminal
trying to score some cash,
going from bank to bank,
whipped by Modi’s lash.
I can’t get access
to my own money.
Millions of people go hungry.
This isn’t funny,
The Masses Support Modi (Not)
You destroyed the economy
with one colossal blunder.
You’ve brought untold misery
and torn our lives asunder.
But Modi-ji, whatever you do
or say or think is fine.
There’s just one more little thing
you ought to do. RESIGN.
