Bijay Kant Dubey - Annapurna Devi (II)

Annapurna Devi,
I think of you,
Your struggle
And the silent suffering of yours,
How did you sacrifice your career
For Ravi Shankar,
Who paid for not,
Remained not loyal to,
Went over to
Flipping
Just one after another
In changing places and situations
Of life.

Now the world calls him a sitarist,
A great sitarist,
But to me he is not,
You are,
What he is
Or think they about him,
Let them call
Whatever they like to
In their acknowledgement,
Appreciation and admiration,
Nothing is what it seems to be
And what it seems to be nothing.

Annapurna Devi, your silent suffering
The world did not,
Did not understand it
The bearing upon you
And the impact of it,
How did he take to Subhendra Shankar,
How did he make you abandoned the sitar
And it fallen silent
And the notes coming it not,
How can it be,
How can it be,
Say you, say you,
Break your silence
And say it to the world,
Speak you, Annapurna Devi?

Bijay Kant Dubey

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