Not Meant to Be Answered
by Ananya S. Guha / August 2nd, 2026
It doesn’t matter
If he fasts
Fasting in the country
Is common
So long as they don’t die
The country heaves sigh of relief
He isn’t dead
He isn’t dead
They took him by force
To a hospital
Death will not come so easily
Protests are meant to be stifled
When the systems are damned
Corruptibility is ubiquitous
But didn’t we know that?
( Not meant to be answered
Strictly rhetorical )
I wasn’t a signatory to the protests
In spaces of silence I read about
Sonam Wangchuk, moved not by tears
But by his silent soliloquy…
(Note: Sonam Wangchuk the education and climate activist has fasted over twenty five days to protest against the current state of affairs in the Indian educational read examination system.)
Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding.
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This article was posted on Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.