Once again
Draupadi finds herself
Face to Face
With Dushasanas…!
That still prowl in this land,
With new faces and new names!
(But with same perverted minds)
……………
Once again
She finds herself
Abandoned by
The Bhishmas
Sitting on high thrones
Wringing their hands
In impotent silence!
……………………………..
Once again,
She finds herself
A pawn
Between Warring
Pandavs and Kaurvas
Trying to outfox
One another….
……………
Yes,
They are all here;
They never went away!
It’s only the
Disillusioned Krishna…Who
Disowned us
Long ago..
Narinder Jit Kaur is a retired Associate Professor from Patiala,who taught English Literature for 31 Years in various Government Colleges of Punjab. A writer and a translator, she has five books of translations, from Punjabi to English, to her credit Including Voices In The Back Courtyard(Rupa & Co.) -An Anthology Of Short-Stories By Punjabi Women Writers. She writes articles, poems and short-stories in English, Punjabi and Hindi. You can read more from her on narinderjit.com