Big Brother

Big Brother’s machinations

Big Brother’s machinations
Are they “Here or To go?”
Well, the Bada Bhai Party
Is just his alter ego

Big Brother’s Foreign Cousins

Big Brother’s foreign Cousins
Are fawning and gushing
Bending over backwards and
All criticism they are shushing

Big Brother’s Silence

Big Brother’s silences
Are truly eloquent
They mean so much more
Than his speeches meant

I could stop right here
And people would know
Exactly how I feel
About Big Bro

Opposition Unity

Don’t take the name of Big Brother in vain
Even saying Annachi or Bhayya is Skin in the game
The game is one of Cat and Mouse
Where the cats are all powerful and in control of the House

Big Brother’s Chelas

Big Brother’s Chelas
Have scored an own-goal
Big Brother’s Chelas
Have dug themselves a hole

From which they are 
Trying to climb out
By digging deeper in
With a scowl and a pout

Big Brother’s Minions

Big Brother’s work is nearly done
He’s taught scores of Little Brothers
To have their fun
(And Little Sisters, too: 
He’s gender aware)
Beating up the weak and
Harrying the meek

Big Brother’s Cousins

Big Brother has cousins
All over the world
In every place 
Where flags are unfurled
Some older, some younger
But all of them
With that Big Brotherly Hunger
To be the one who
Is looked up to
Revered
Worshipped
Pedestalled too
Or it’s
Off with your head
And his and hers
And of course that of…

Big Brother Rap

Big Brother is flying high
Soon he’s gonna touch the sky
His ideology has spread far and wide
Too late, too late to turn the tide
Young children have become cannon fodder
And he has become God and Godder
Soon he’ll reach the state of Goddest
(Will our country then be the oddest?)
Seats of learning…

Fascism

Fascism doesn't arrive
Goose-stepping in jackboots
Blaring trumpets
It insinuates itself
Slowly, stealthily, silently
It is a state of mind

Big Brother Again

Big Brother is fiddling
While Delhi burns
He’s engaged in another
Of his tragicomic turns
The unspeakable Little Bro is
Not at home 
That overgrown brat
Is indulging somewhere in
Some maun vrat
And Little Bro’s son
What games does he play?
It’s certainly not cricket
To be playing today
When the…