{"id":4612,"date":"2008-08-21T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2008-08-21T23:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T17:44:00","slug":"farmers-are-dying-in-vidarbha-poem-amit-varma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/farmers-are-dying-in-vidarbha-poem-amit-varma\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Are Dying In Vidarbha"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Peter Griffin<\/a> brings my attention to Quick Tales<\/a>, a writing competition organised by Caferati<\/a> and LiveJournal<\/a> for fiction shorter than 500 words. The first prize is Rs 19,999, so if you enjoy storytelling, head over and participate. Make it racy, ok?<\/p>\n

But why have I titled this post thus? Well, Peter has also announced a Godawful Poetry Fortnight<\/a>, and he demands that I contribute to it. I don’t write poetry, bad or otherwise, but I did write a little ditty to amuse some friends a few days ago, and I present it below. It is certain to piss off both the lefties and the righties in the blogosphere: the lefties will think I’m trivialising a serious issue, and the righties will think I’m trying to make them feel guilty. But I shall sacrifice the loss of goodwill, for this is for a good cause. Peter wants godawful, and this is<\/i> godawful:<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying in Vidarbha<\/b>
\nby Amit Varma<\/i><\/p>\n

I’m sitting in my airconditioned room right now
\nSoaking in some fashionable gloom right now
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I’m surfing the web and writing a blog
\nI’ve eaten heartily and will sleep like a log
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I shall go and chill at a mall
\nIndulge myself in bling and all
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying, Oh farmers are dying
\nFarmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I drink Kingfisher and I travel Jet
\nI use Meru cabs (haven’t got a Merc yet)
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

When I go to the gym I wear special shoes
\nTalk in an accent about jazz and blues
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I think I’m super hot, and also super cool
\nThe globe is warming but I’m playing the fool
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying, Oh farmers are dying
\nFarmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

And hey, what d’ya say, look at it this way
\nIf I was in Vidarbha and my hair was gray
\nI would also be dyeing in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dyeing, Oh farmers are dyeing
\nFarmers are dyeing in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Mandatory tag: Godawful Poetry Fortnight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

PS<\/b>: The poem was inspired by the meme mentioned in my post, Monster Trucks, Party Clocks and Chidiya Choo Choo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend Peter Griffin<\/a> brings my attention to Quick Tales<\/a>, a writing competition organised by Caferati<\/a> and LiveJournal<\/a> for fiction shorter than 500 words. The first prize is Rs 19,999, so if you enjoy storytelling, head over and participate. Make it racy, ok?<\/p>\n

But why have I titled this post thus? Well, Peter has also announced a Godawful Poetry Fortnight<\/a>, and he demands that I contribute to it. I don’t write poetry, bad or otherwise, but I did write a little ditty to amuse some friends a few days ago, and I present it below. It is certain to piss off both the lefties and the righties in the blogosphere: the lefties will think I’m trivialising a serious issue, and the righties will think I’m trying to make them feel guilty. But I shall sacrifice the loss of goodwill, for this is for a good cause. Peter wants godawful, and this is<\/i> godawful:<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying in Vidarbha<\/b>
\nby Amit Varma<\/i><\/p>\n

I’m sitting in my airconditioned room right now
\nSoaking in some fashionable gloom right now
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I’m surfing the web and writing a blog
\nI’ve eaten heartily and will sleep like a log
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I shall go and chill at a mall
\nIndulge myself in bling and all
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying, Oh farmers are dying
\nFarmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I drink Kingfisher and I travel Jet
\nI use Meru cabs (haven’t got a Merc yet)
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

When I go to the gym I wear special shoes
\nTalk in an accent about jazz and blues
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

I think I’m super hot, and also super cool
\nThe globe is warming but I’m playing the fool
\nWhile farmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dying, Oh farmers are dying
\nFarmers are dying in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

And hey, what d’ya say, look at it this way
\nIf I was in Vidarbha and my hair was gray
\nI would also be dyeing in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

Farmers are dyeing, Oh farmers are dyeing
\nFarmers are dyeing in Vidarbha.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Mandatory tag: Godawful Poetry Fortnight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

PS<\/b>: The poem was inspired by the meme mentioned in my post, Monster Trucks, Party Clocks and Chidiya Choo Choo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFarmers Are Dying In Vidarbha - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/farmers-are-dying-in-vidarbha-poem-amit-varma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers Are Dying In Vidarbha - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My friend Peter Griffin brings my attention to Quick Tales, a writing competition organised by Caferati and LiveJournal for fiction shorter than 500 words. 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