the voice of no one

the science of silencing

truth as in the blue filament of loss
       full as in the hub of confinement
       & true    withered as in the rain

being curious     murder as in the breed
      of cruel     the list of antiquated noth-
      ings queued up for questionability - 
      

- in Sindh, Kabir and Mirabai are sung by the Dalits, and the further up you get in the dwija jaati scheme of things, Bhitai is echoed loud & unrepentant in entitlement.

- "Finkelstein decided to back out ostensibly because XYZ wasn't coming, but in reality, I think he didn't want to be overshadowed by actual Palestinians who can speak more cogently and eloquently than him on the matters pertaining to our own lives, on which he claims expertise, almost exclusively. Norman is a star and shall be treated as a star. Therefore, he demanded to have his own Oxford Union session, undiluted with the voices of pesky Palestinians."
Susan Abulhawa on Normal Finkelstein's whitetitlement