Shail explores the ill effects of greed in the glamour world, Musk’s influence in space, and the
Tibetan creative longing via music, exclusively for Different Truths.
For the love of gold
A fact it is for ages
women love gold, be it
on their bodies or in gold cages
but, none knew a woman
could go that far,
strapping gold bars smuggling
them time and again
from Dubai, will gold love never die?
So, was it the lure of aurum that
made this celebrity and daughter
of a police official do this?
or, was it a another ball game
altogether in partnership with
hi-profile architect hubby
to maintain lifestyle and his pubby?
Guess, actors and the underworld
have always an umbilical cord
attached, actor Ranya Rao arrested,
all for the love of gold,
clean bowled.
Time, Space and Musk(y) brews
While Musk has followers all over
including the President
of the United States, Sunita Williams
is not exactly one big fan,
openly rejecting
Musk’s suggestion/ban
for the International Space Station (ISS)
to be wound up at the earliest.
Sunita says, No. Now, the time is best
for scientific research.
She should know, caught in
a time capsule so to say
with NASA fellow astronaut, Butch Wilmore,
Sunita longing for some earthly vibes
after an unplanned, forced, prolonged
stay up in space. Bring them down.
Increase the pace!
Looks like Musk wants to not just
take over US after Trump;
space too!
Will his influence over world matters
turn into a flooding breakthrough
or a messy soup does he brew?
Time shall tell.
Open your arms to the millennial Tibetan rappers
Om Mani Padme Hum, a mantra
most Buddhists know, the next best
step to knowing Buddha or/and
His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
Tibet too. But, what if you knew
that the displaced Tibetan youngsters
in India do not just symbolize
the right to freedom, both, physical
and spiritual but also a musical
expression of life, its frustrations
and the joie de vivre?
Pro-independence songs have
now given way to talented
rappers introducing hip-hop
to the community, country, the world.
Delhi’s Majnu ka Tilla, Dharmashala,
home for most Tibetans from the
nineteen fifties, now streaming
on Apple and Spotify,
addressing issues of the hows and the whys.
Being in exile molding their sentiments
into music that talks not just about
Tibet or the lack of it
but the way, the big letter R
defines them. Their music, ‘raw and real,’
a ‘breath of fresh air’ from the music
of yesteryear Tibetan notes.
Try out Tnammy, Gtashi, 8asian.
It’s a street smart, hip-hop Tibetan invasion.
References:
Shail Raghuvanshi is a poet, freelance journalist, copyeditor, voice actor, and artist with 30 years of experience in various media. She has worked as the Cultural Correspondent for India’s first integrated media company, PLUS Channel, and has written course material for Madurai Kamaraj University’s Post Graduate Programme in Advertising and Public Relations. She has also been a coach of Communicative English. She has published poems, short stories, and articles in leading magazines and anthologies.
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