Why have you given me birth
In such province
Where firewood is not found
Despite being full of hills and forests
Toothbrush and leaves are too costly
Why Dad? Why?
Why have you given me birth
In such province
Where firewood is not found
Despite full of hills and forests
Tooth brush and leaves are too costly
Why Dad? Why?
Why have you given me birth
In such province
Where girls are cheated and sold
In Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Assam.
Why Dad? Why?
Why have you given me birth?
In such province
Where Indigenous people’s lands
Are taken away forcibly
And given to others
By suppressing the rules under money.
Why Dad ? Why ?
Why have you given me birth
In such province
Where in the name of development of indigenous people
In plea of the establishment of factory and beginning of coal mine
Indigenous people are being displaced
Why Dad ? Why ?
@ It’s the English translation of the Santali poem ‘Chedak Apunj ? Chedak ?” by Shyam C Tudu, recipient of Yuva Puraskar.