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Poems As Satire: Narrating Political Events Through The Lens Of Poetry

The recent BMC elections, the plight of Marathi manoos in Bombay and the recent fissures between Hindus and Muslims, all events are tied by politics. To counter, politics, there is always poetry.

BY Milind Bhawar

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