The Polis Project / by  Prashant Rahi and Mouli Sharma

That chopper hasn’t gotten used to me yet
Its wound hasn’t gone deep enough as yet

That’s the commoners’ clarion call we hear
Not a mindless mob of elite nincompoops

These two couplets from a singular Marathi ghazal might feel a bit prickly to some, but they can touch an indignant chord among the oppressed. The first of the two couplets is the refrain, while the “clarion call” in the second gives the composition its name: Elgar.
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