Two poems by Sudhir Dhawale and Surendra Gadling

artwork courtesy Sofia Karim

The following poems were written by poet Sudhir Dhawale and Advocate Surendra Gadling on 6 June 2023, the fifth anniversary of their incarceration as undertrials in the Bhima Koregaon/Elgar Parishad case.

आजादी

सुधीर ढवळे (6 जून 2023)

1826+

दिवस

आजादी

तुझ्याविना...

आजादीला बेड्या घालणाऱ्यांनो,

एक गोष्ट लक्षात असू द्या

स्वप्न

आणि

इच्छा

बंदिश मानत नसतात

आणि

त्यांची एक्सपायरी डेट नसते

Azaadi

by Sudhir Dhawale (6 June 2023)

1826 + days

without you …

Azaadi

You who fetter freedom,

Keep one thing in mind:

dreams

and

desires

know no confinement

and

have no

expiry date.

artwork courtesy Sofia Karim

"सोच"

सुरेंद्र गडलिंग

जहाँ "सोच" वहाँ "शौचालय"

तेरे लिये......

मेरे लिये तो "जेल" है

मै खुश हूँ

और तु ? ..."सोच"

A Thought

by Surendra Gadling

They say

They’ve made a Swacch Bharat

So,

‘Where you think

There is a toilet-sink.’

Is it true?

For you?

For me

It is a prison-clink

I’m fine

What about you?

Think.