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Poem: India Tolerates You

India is a very tolerant country today. Let there be no doubt.

When dominant castes oppress Dalits, they tolerate it.

When Hindu nationalists abuse and harass Muslims, they tolerate it.

When men violate and disrespect feminists, they tolerate it.

When the government doesn’t do anything for our farmers, they tolerate it.

When development projects take away all the Adivasi rights, they tolerate it.

The Dalit, the Muslim, the Adivasi, the farmer and the Feminist- their India tolerates you. India is tolerant.

They tolerate the government, they tolerate our ignorance, they tolerate the Manuwadi.

They tolerate your silence.

They tolerate your self-victimization.

They tolerate your lack of self-control. Your greed.

India does not belong to the oppressor, India belongs to the oppressed.

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