By Sutputra Radheye
If my face brings hatred
to your heart
and your eyes behave
with intolerance
that I am in the same hostel
as you have been allotted,
I shall hang myself
to the ceiling fan.
But before that
I must
write on the wall:
if my caste is filthy
yours ain’t clean either.
(A poem written as a protest against the discriminatory caste system.)
Sutputra Radheye is a young poet from India. He has published two poetry collections as of now- Worshipping Bodies (Notion Press) and Inqalaab on the Walls (Delhi Poetry Slam). His works are reflective of the society he lives in and tries to capture the marginalized side of the story.
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