{"id":23738,"date":"2020-03-13T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23738"},"modified":"2022-03-13T05:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T12:30:49","slug":"when-will-you-show-your-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23738","title":{"rendered":"When will you show your documents?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25760 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/When-will-you-show-your-documents.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/When-will-you-show-your-documents.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/When-will-you-show-your-documents-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><strong>When will you show your documents?<\/strong><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those to the gallows went smiling for freedom<br \/>refusing the martyr\u2019s fame,<br \/>their history pages you tear,<br \/>W<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of Taj-Mahal-Char-Minar domes<br \/>Red-Fort-Qutub-Minar minarets,<br \/>their proofs you demand<br \/>W<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bootlickers of the British rule,<br \/>in their intoxicating hate, you \u2013<br \/>a Goebbel\u2019s breed \u2013 drink blood<br \/>W<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men lived selling\u00a0<em>pakoda<br \/><\/em>and\u00a0<em>chai<\/em>\u00a0in my city, humanity<br \/>they didn\u2019t sell, dignity they didn\u2019t<br \/>sell, a concoction of lies they didn\u2019t brew.<br \/><em>Tell us<\/em>, w<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When thorns pierced, tore, ripped<br \/>tyres, tubes which he mended and pumped air<br \/>the puncture-man did not sell his identity.<br \/>You who sold this country<br \/><em>Tell us<\/em>, w<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You who swindled the nation<br \/>to whom fake documents mean a trifling<br \/>matter must attest at least to humanity.<br \/>W<em>hen will you show your documents!?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2014 Translated from the Kannada by Dhanya Gopal<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Poem first published on <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/955836\/when-will-you-show-your-documents-the-poem-for-which-kannada-poet-siraj-bisaralli-was-arrested\">Scroll<\/a>) (Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bengaluru\/poetry-to-the-frontlines\/articleshow\/73813365.cms\">Times of India<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those to the gallows went smiling for freedomrefusing the martyr\u2019s fame,their history pages you tear,When will you show your documents!? Of Taj-Mahal-Char-Minar domesRed-Fort-Qutub-Minar minarets,their proofs you demandWhen will you show your documents!? Bootlickers of the British rule,in their intoxicating hate, you \u2013a Goebbel\u2019s breed \u2013 drink bloodWhen will you show your documents!? Men lived selling\u00a0pakodaand\u00a0chai\u00a0in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23738"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25761,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23738\/revisions\/25761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}