Friday, June 30, 2017

No it is not strange



Strange.
People who talk of kindness
only talk
get accolades for placing the words
like jewels, ornaments
but kindness smirks at them for sure
gift them with ego
remaining beyond the reach
from users of words so kind and rich.

On the other hand
there are these Janes and Johns
slogging and sweating it out, off and on
for days and nights, like dalits*
without any act of kindness 
from people who talk about it.

Strange.
There are these people 
who never talk of unkindness.



Note: 
dalits* (in the traditional Indian caste system), dalits are members of the lowest Indian caste. They are even lower than the shudras, considered as untouchables. For a long time, in India, toilets were manually cleaned by them, and they had to, under strict instructions, wear a bell around their necks, like cattle, so that Brahmins and other upper castes could keep safe distance from them. It was considered a sin to touch them, even their shadows, therefore the bells.

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