Misanthropists

by Rajender Krishan

Cynical loners
suffering from the denial
of bhoga and conjugal yoga
wounded by envious scars
are scowling brusquely
ruminating on their persona
the doppelgangers merely reflect
their incomplete facades

Is this why
they absurdly revel
in authoritarian doctrines
masking the sinister pleasures
fraudulently derived from
bullying the women
with misanthropic diktats?

How can they pull
regressively backwards
the new social order
that forges ahead relentlessly
towards progress?

Nirbhaya,
the symbol of awakened consciousness
will not renounce.

06-Jan-2013

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Comments on this Poem

Thank you for your sublime expressions.

Today; we are trapped in the conflict of abstinence, paranoia and hypocrisy on the one hand; and sensual gratification, arrogance and unabashed callousness on the other; both at the cost of individual and global blossoming.

Personally; I "see" and "appreciate" the potential of NAMASMARAN, (JAP, JIKRA, SUMIRAN, SIMARAN or remembering true self), in holistic renaissance.

SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
10-Jan-2013 00:19 AM

your expression is, as usual , flawless.
but i think,the time has come for all of us to apply our mind to find some practical, do able solutions to this huge problem,now that it has come to the forefront of all our minds.
death penalty is no answer, aprt from the fact that as a nationa, we are notoriously tardy in executing death penalities.

how does one bring about a change of mindset in younger generations when the old ones are justifying rape and older women themselves insist on blaming younger ones/

all of us need to apply our minds and come up with answers

kusum
09-Jan-2013 02:39 AM

It is a painful truth that you carefully narrate in a poetic form. Hope, there is a change in mindset.

Kumarendra Mallick
08-Jan-2013 08:23 AM

history has recorded that there is no shame or morals for the shameless and amoral class..... and diktats hold no barrier for the 'nirbhaya'

krishnan
08-Jan-2013 01:49 AM

....the flood of so called God men is the main reason of all destruction and Moral deficit in this country and now abroad too....these so called God men shud be banned and 80% corruption will be removed from this country...I'm sure!!

farhat farooqui
08-Jan-2013 00:51 AM

Hope the progress never stops despite all. Well voiced understandable outcry.

versetile
07-Jan-2013 23:55 PM

A beautiful poem, Rajendra ji, your heart is really bleeding in this case. We in India are facing more and more shocks, day after day - what a country!

Julia Dutta
07-Jan-2013 23:51 PM

Times are changing- fast too- whether men like it or not!

Pavalamani Pragasam
07-Jan-2013 10:34 AM

Captures the prevailing spirit with the right tone. Somehow we cannot shame the shameless...PGR

pgrnair
07-Jan-2013 09:22 AM

An apt poem on the times we live in! Very well written, Rajji.

Padmaja Iyengar
07-Jan-2013 08:57 AM

A poetic order to a psychic aberration,
owing to the,
"suffering from the denial
of bhoga and conjugal yoga."

BS Murthy
07-Jan-2013 08:33 AM