There could be no link between events,
Yet one event is linked with another, link
Independence with country’s partition,
Rape loot arson with names of leaders
Who fought for freedom from prisons
And streets or abstaining family comfort.
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, born in 1952, has served in Himachal Pradesh Education Department in various teaching and administrative capacities till he retired as Principal of Government College, Dharamshala. Dr. Sharma is a bilingual poet, translator and author. His publications include 15 books of English poetry, two anthologies of Hindi poems, Another Gandhi, a monograph on a freedom fighter and A Three- Step Journey, an English translation of Zahid’s Urdu poems.
“Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma is a seasoned voice in contemporary poetry whose reflective verses beautifully weave personal introspection with universal human experiences. His work continues to enrich modern poetic discourse with depth, clarity, and quiet emotional power, “writes Malini Joshi, editor, The Literature Times.
Future Movement
There could be no link between events,
Yet one event is linked with another, link
Independence with country’s partition,
Rape loot arson with names of leaders
Who fought for freedom from prisons
And streets or abstaining family comfort.
Men were asked to sit in a posture, then
To stand till asked to walk out into open,
Start running at a curve to bend before
A man up on a pedestal and he said
He was one who like them suffered and
Now stood as a hero to usher good days.
He was there to annul decades of time
All the endeavours as a planned effort
To loot and deny the common collective
As if those who got power with partition
Were as guilty as a band of traitors and
Now only the people had real freedom
Narratives clash and trolls do proliferate
Till such time till you put down internet,
Rumours travel at a snail’s pace and
Protests get lashed by water cannons,
Processions pulverized by baton charge:
Officials claim there’s no threat to peace.
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