The temple bells have long been gone
the fiery pyre turned to dust
the fools that have been doped with power
brandished by the threaded bust.
what world was lost then? none I see.
we still keep birth above the deed
karmanye vadhika rastey
how have we failed you love, indeed…
Monami Mukherjee is an educator and lifelong student of English literature. She studied at Lady Brabourne College and the University of Calcutta, where she completed her MPhil, and has 21+ years of teaching experience. Her interests include Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism, and through NibblePop and its YouTube channel she breaks complex texts down into simple, relatable ideas. Read more