Undrstanding The Subaltern

The king, the ruler was a videshi And how could it be the ruler going against The masses And taxing them in terms of levies? A blatant repudiation of king and kingship! Understanding the encroachments, inroads Made into India Through invasions and lootsand plunders Taking it to be a booty During the dark, barbaric medieval ages. Understanding patriarchs, village councils, Fanatics, fundamentalists, The conservatives and the orthodox And their rigidity, How much bound were they by Social taboos! The British colonel and the Indian sepoy Or the orderly, Talks shared with, The missionary in India during colonial times, Villages of India Reeling under poverty, misrule, underdevelopment. Medieval crowds, a motley of religious peoples Segregated by ghettos, So conservative and orthodox, Reasonably cold and dead To logic and reasoning, As for reasons whatsoever, A study in paglets, Indian paglets With their do's and dont's.