Orientalism Ii (Dialogue Ensues) Poem by Sadiqullah Khan
Orientalism Ii (Dialogue Ensues)
You have grown in certain techniques
I lagged because I did not consider them worthy
You scored
You branded
You added
Morality
And value judgment
On conduct
Ways and means of living
And robbed the continents
Dug treasures and sold them
In the name of spice trade
You brought certain knowledge
Of post Newtonian era
To which I too was a contributor
Then you handed over the banner
After much malice
To people of the new world
I am standing in front
Of nature and jungles and lands
Devoured by you
I discover my own eloquence
And language
And culture
And civilization
Much richer past
Much promising future
I am learning from you
How to make a nuclear bomb
3/11/2009
You still miss the point, your bright future doesn't lie in blind immitation of the present civilisation but by adopting the virtues it once contained but now losing rapidly and by rejecting the vices it was burdeened with. You're indeed a brave poet and have the guts to say it without any prejudice or malice against others, like it and wish that many others may join you! 10
Reality and real things always bitter to digest.............and this is what happening....
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5/4/2024 2:04:02 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Bright words again...what has East got from the West? this nuclear bomb alone...in trade in exchange, to East's good will...good work...thanks...10!