Freedom has to come not tomorrow, but today*
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| Kashiana Singh |
humility
in a loincloth-
nation making
spinning surely-
an endless penance
at his charkha
undying-
a father, saint, soldier
of kindled mind
deeds not words-
every step he took
was resolute
ahimsa
knows no borders-
salutation
*Words from Gandhi’s Quit India Speech at the AICC in Bombay on 8.8.1942
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Bio: Kashiana Singh lives in Chicago and embodies her TEDx talk theme of Work as Worship into her everyday. Her poetry collection, Shelling Peanuts and Stringing Words presents her voice as a participant and an observer. Her chapbook Crushed Anthills is a journey through 10 cities – a complex maze of remembrances to unravel. Her poems have been published on various platforms including Poets Reading the News, Visual Verse, Oddball Magazine, Caf├й Dissensus, TurnPike Magazine, Inverse Journal. Kashiana is the winner of the 2020 Reuel International Poetry Award. She lives in Chicago and carries her various geographical homes within her poetry.
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