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Asian Dub Foundation
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Qutab Minar
It was past midnight The goddess of Delhi city Wide eyed, sharp nosed is in her slumber
Roving my eyes for passers by, I pushed The tall, long, Godlike Qutub Minar
Thought I can't do without taking it to Imphal I fancied Qutub Minar standing by the Samu Makhong hoping this would designate Samu Makhong
Towards Indira Gandhi airport Qutub Minar loaded on my head, I marched they refused and there wasn't a plane that could carry the Qutub Minar
To the stench filled and faeces scattered railway station, I headed they said they couldn't drag it till Guwahati they could, till Jalpaiguri though
I hitched on the Avadh Assam train They were right when they said this train collects cow-dungs It dragged itself like a pregnant serpent, leaving its trails of smoke
A long halt on reaching Bihar I Got off to sip a cup of tea from Lalu's clay cup it was, I savoured
Summer scorched peasants were awaiting the rains Neither Mayang nor Meitei, a peasant is just a peasant Laboured and exhausted, awaiting rains After rains harvest After harvest the abuses of the feudal lord
I've reached Jalpaiguri Waiting to exhibit the prowess of this Meitei Lion I traversed with the Qutub Minar loaded on my head
I swam the breadth of the mighty Brahmaputra One arm splashing, one arm dragging the Qutub Minar I am Hanuman, I thought
In the dense forest of Assam the songs of the tea plantation workers wafts through Tendered my heart, the songs of the suffering humanity was the same Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Suffering knows no place, has no face The unknown tongue pierced my heart I rested at Kohima Relinquishing a dish of pork and rice I tarried on the serpentine road of the hills akin to the flow of rivulets
People stared at me, at the Qutub Minar At Highway 39, I paid the usual tax One asked, 'Oh, What is this big tall thing?' I replied 'Its nothing, just a pestle imported from Bilat by Meitei ema to feed her indolent sons'
I arrived at the bosom of the persevering Meitei ema Now I am at Sekmai Bazaar
While I was flirting with the pale brew While the onlookers were watching me with envy Suddenly from a black car the Chief Minister alighted
Said he to me 'Man what have you done How will I respond to Manmohan The government in Delhi is about to collapse Opposition accuses Manmohan has gifted Qutub Minar to Obama To support the tilting Statue of Liberty'
Said I to him 'Honourable Minister Saheb, Please convey to Manmohan When AFSPA is repealed you can take back the Qutub Minar Otherwise I will be on my own course Draped in a phanek I hope to install it at the Samu Makhong When my mother draped the barren papaya tree with a phanek It bored fruit Let me clothe the Qutub Minar with a phanek Tall and robust it might look becoming
And when they take the Qutub Minar The names of those massacred I will carve on it vividly and gift it back'
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