Returning from the dying moment
Cannot be in vain.
There must still be rage in me
That may some life sustain
I was not made for prudent skill
For safekeeping from evil.
My skull was made cussed, hard,
To lock horns with the devil.
So gird thou thy depleted loins,
O struggling mortal man,
Let your last syllables be
The loudest you can.
Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four decades and is the author of the much acclaimed Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth. He has several collections of poems and translations. His writings have appeared in nearly all major English dailies and journals in India.
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