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A Mogul Debates Her Maid In the court of the Moguls The anvil of world culture Two women fought for tenure The treasure a prince’s heart Future queen of the Indus The veil no shield to either Anakarli a courtesan by trade Servant of a Rajput Queen Whose affection of Salim Heir of Akbar the Great Lavished in palace gardens Mirth a musical timbre Indulgent Jodhbai’s court To give in fancy of beauty Busy bees gathering nectar She lavishly wraps in wealth A romance kept in stealt...

A Mogul Debates Her Maid In court of the Moguls The anvil of world culture Two women fought for tenure The prize a prince’s heart Future queen of the Indus The veil no protection to either. Anakarli, courtesan by trade, Maid of a Rajput Queen, Whose love of Salim, Heir of Akbar the Great, She lavished on in palace gardens, Laughter a musical instrument. Indulgent of all Theirs to give In love of beauty Queen Jodhabai warped Anarkali In the wealth of an empire Most favored in the Que...

Oh Fatima, The apple of your father’s eye, Whose cool shade I now bade, Hear my prayer, my supplication. Everyone knows your fruit. Let me be as fruitful, Let me be as loved. My roots need nourishment, My soul is thirsty, Send to me an Ali. Give me your peaceful patience. Give me a woman’s modesty, A mother’s contentment. Bring me into my season. Let my nectar allure the bee, The one you have for me. Then let me bear for him, With strong limbs, Children! Until I am known as ...

Oh Fatima, The apple of your father’s eye, Whose cool shade I now bade, Hear my prayer, my supplication. Everyone knows your fruit. Let me be as fruitful, Let me be as loved. My roots need nourishment, My soul is thirsty, Send to me an Ali. Give me your peaceful patience. Give me a woman’s modesty, A mother’s contentment. Bring me into my season. Let my nectar allure the bee, The one you have for me. Then let me bear for him, With strong limbs, Children! Until I am know as y...

The genocidal regard people in terms of abstract categories Rather than a person’s distinct personality These people kill according to categories they assign With a bureaucrats order making zeal As all holocausts are made with efficiencies in mind Because genocide is the dream of a modern power Exercised demographically on its populations It becomes a sacrifice to State modernity As hate is mobilized to its service To form a blood bond with the citizenry If we continue to think in utili...