A protest poem, by Sutputra, that talks of identity, politics and fanaticism, exclusively for Different Truths.
If they ask you your name don’t say it trust me they don’t want to know when they ask you that question they want to know the religion you practice the ethnicity you belong to the language you speak the caste you are born to your name is not just a name but a history it’s like a resume that tells fundamentalists to execute you
Picture design by Anumita Roy, Different Truths
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