Free speech in India is increasingly becoming difficult, with so much discontent and oppression surrounding writers’ words and content on the media and the Internet. Harman Mavi expresses the Indian censor’s attitude in verse.
Life on earth is a mix of pain and joy, misery and hope. Well, love is no exception to this rule and is perhaps the magic that can turn misery into mirth. Harman Mavi’s poem paints the not-so-rosy picture of what the world has in store for a couple in love.
Oscar the rabbit has been jailed for digging “against the course of nature” and is sentenced to trial. Harman Mavi tells Oscar’s story with strong parallels to the Indian judicial debate around Section 377 under the theme ‘History & Culture’.