Dickens Leonard M
I am a burnt skin
A burnt skin I am
Beaten to the death
For the death of the dead
I am a burnt skin
A burnt skin I am
Danda danda danda nakka
Danda danda danda nakka
I die to love and live
A truth I choose to give
To the ones who stay alive
For the ones who lie and die
I am a burnt skin
A burnt skin I am
Danda danda danda nakka
Danda danda danda nakka
I rot from within
Beaten black and blue
A flamed kovil theru*
A theru to be bombed
I am a burnt skin
A burnt skin I am
Danda danda danda nakka
Danda danda danda nakka
I stink from within
Silent were the voiced
Kidnapped and suicided
Honoured on the rails
An engineer murdered*
Forsaken forgotten
I am a burnt skin
Flamed and bombed I am
Forsaken forgotten
A burnt skin I am
Danda danda danda nakka
Danda danda danda nakka
~
*Kovil Theru – Temple Car; a colony at Seshamudram, near Villupuram was attacked on August 15th, Independence day.
"A promise ends in a riot," see http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/state-view-a-promise-ends-in-a-riot-in-tamil-nadu/article7569721.ece
*An engineer Gokul Raj was reportedly murdered on June 23rd.
"Caste-gestapo in TN," see http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/caste-gestapo-tn-cracking-down-dalit-boys-falling-love-caste-hindu-girls-31893
Dickens Leonard M is a research scholar at University of Hyderabad.