Coloniality, Post-Coloniality Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Postcolonialism, whose is it,
What the magic of it,
How the charm of it?

Is it of Caliban, Ariel and Prospero
Or of Othello,
Columbus, Vasco da Gama?

Colonies lie they dismantled
But man is almost the same
Toeing the colonial line.

There is no change in their mentality,
Mind-set
As are the people of tents and bivouacs.

Savage thinking,
Clumsy living cannot change it
All in a day.

History, culture, nationhood,
nationalism,
Gender, patriarchy, social inequality
This to hear.

Poverty, hunger, underdevelopment,
Illiteracy, backwardness,
The old saga.

Human rights, economic exploitation,
People living below the poverty line
This the tale.