Determined to tell lies
People are able only to tell the truth -
Said Rahman
I said -
Leave aside truth and lies
People only speak
And what about people who don't speak -
Asked Rahman -
What do they say?
I said -
You know religion, Rahman,
I don't say a thing
Dilip Purushottam Chitre (17 September 1938 – 10 December 2009) was one of the foremost Indian poets and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a teache…
View profile & all 10 Poems / StoriesThey tell me your colour is blueMy life-breath feeds on your inspiring luminous pastures
An early wake-up callyour first lover
Discarded loverswith charred eyes
It's all mixed up: Vladimir, Yaroslav,The skeletons of monks in the underground church,
At midnight in the bakery at the cornerWhile bread and butter-biscuits are being baked
