By Sutputra Radheye
30 October 2008
there were
only black clouds
around ganeshguri
a sound
of high frequency
distorted the crowd
they were
running in madness
all around
the motors
were burning
black
so were
the tiny pieces
of flesh scattered
minutes after
the bomb blasted
the city stopped
people were
glued to the televisions
and the radio
now after years
we have moved on
or have we?
This poem centres around 30th October, 2008, where a series of bomb blasts killed many in the Indian state of Assam.
Sutputra Radheye is a young poet from India. He has published two poetry collections — 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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