LOVE IN THE TIME OF TERROR

We were terrorised in Churchandpur
We were terrified in Banihal and Barpetta
In Thottipalayam was I terrorised
In Darang and in Pulwarna
And in Bathe-Lakshmanpur
Again in Bongaigaon
Imphal Srinagar and in Coimbatore
Next in Ikou Bazar and Iqbalabad
We lay petrified and scarred
At Phaizol Kuki and Aizawl
Then Ghaziabad and Kalakuchi
Was I shot at and I thought I had gone to heaven!

The week after I was bombed at Rajouri
Followed by terror at Ankudar and Khadesin
Remember Soupi, who can forget Soupi!
And you surely remember Shopian and Palapora
Not to mention Nageland and Silanibari and Teliamura

The other day I remembered how you
Were kissing me just when they started
Firing at Kenduguri
I thought my head would explode with love!

Handwara was even better, you came so loudly
I hardly heard the grenades exploding!
Rajouri Kadal and Hatimura and Rangiya
Madras, Coimbatore, Jaipur
Those were just walks in the park!
Nagpur and Dhumachara and Dhandari

New Delhi and Wokha and Noorpura and Hostapur
Bijbehara and Thanlon and Bhagapurana
Bhatinda – now that was something, the sardarni was a chiz!
We must look her up sometime in the morgue.

Sopora could have been better if you had not lost your
Diaphragm in the confusion, do be more careful darling!

Majuli islands – now, that`s what I call a place for fireworks!
Do you still have that ULFA guy`s mobile number?

Machareddy and Banihal again! Boring!
Gool Gulab Garh and Chamanu and Raya Morh
I could get used to this.
Better pack plenty of bandages.
Guwahati next!
Nambol and Pathankot
Thoubal and Wangehuk

Laxmanpur and Bishenpur
Now it sounds like a bad G.P. Sippy script!

Dodadib Hills – hmm, that`s much more romantic.
Natunbazar and Saphermaina
Warpwh – no it`s not the sounds you sometimes make
When there`s too much air between your nether lips
We were really there when they started shooting!

Sumbal and Ramban Kab and Sangrampur