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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