Who will Muzzle the Cry from Vidarbha?

Eight more kisan suicides in one day

 Gajanan Sadashiv Chaudhari of Nandura Khurd
 Atul Manohar Sabre of Manakwadi
 Naresh Bakaram Meshram of Walgaon
 Gajanan Babarao Thombre of Amti
 Laxman Bapurao Chaudhari of Barzadi
 Natthu Raghoji Shrirame of Dahoti
 Shaligram Farfat of Khandvi
 Ajabrao Ramji Sonone of Sukanda

The count this year, till now
Nine hundred and nine.

Do you want to kill yourself here?
Or migrate to the Megapolis to a slow death?
Who is next? Please line up.
A firing squad
with silencer muzzled guns
will be more painless, silent and instant.

Your cries will never pass muster
through the cordons of the Temple
usurped by pygmies wallowing in farcical one-upmanship.

There is a cost to everything
a price to pay
someone, somewhere, some day will pay for this.
It won’t be long!
It won’t be long!

November 24, 2006 Suhas Borker

(Suhas Borker is an independent documentary filmmaker and social activist based in New Delhi)