UID*

October 2, 2010

U are no longer U,
 I am no longer I,
 We are all 12 number Digits
 It’s their UID.

U carried anything?
 I never held nothin.
 Now U and I keep something,
 It‘s their UID.

 U aren’t Kashmiri Muslim,
 I am no Kanyakumari Tamil,
 U and I are numbers
 It’s our new ID.

RAW can track U and I
 IB, CBI can keep an eye,
 So can Q-Branch and CID
 That’s why we have UID.

Where I go, when I come,
 Who U see, what U chomp,
 PMO can find and U can’t hide,
 That’s what does the UID.

Grandpa’s name and color of eye,
 Dates and prints and scanned iris,
 All other data have U and I
 Hi-tech plastic will keep it by.

U and I were roaming free
 No longer will they allow that spree,
 Rich men inside and rich men out
 Want to keep us under their clout.

Poor we were, but free I say
 Alas, now we’re sold to USA,
 Indeed the UID is our new ID
 And UID is nothing but USAID.

The Great Dictator of Modern Times
 Protects, provides and makes high claims,
 As long as carry the card U and I
 And never say nay or ask even why.

Think your thoughts and speak your mind?
 Stand up high with friends behind,
 Demand your rights and cry and coo?
 He’d find your number and burst U too.

Wake up U, I wake up thee,
 Shirk your sleep and apathy.
 U and I should make a deed
 Lest we lose our Hind ID!

S.P. Udayakumar, Ph.D.

• South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (SACCER)
• Transcend South Asia (TSA)
  (For Rethinking South Asia)

• People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
• National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM)
  (For a Nuclear-Free India that has No Deals, No Mines, No Reactors, No Dumps, and No Bombs)

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