Karnataka’s west coast, for long a Hindutva laboratory in the South, is beginning to show positive results as assembly elections loom over the horizon.

Barely a week goes by without a shameless dance of death.

One day a Hindu, another day a Muslim, in a show of competitive communalism, all deaths suitably pumped up by either side to make them seem mysterious, suspicious.

BJP MPs from Karnataka, barely aware of the melting pot they hail from, are proud to hold up placards of “Hindu Genocide”.

The grisly spectacle, which will go on till the election results come out, has prompted Jaleel Mukri, 50, a Gulf NRI from Uppinangadi, to pen a poem in Kannada.

Below is the translated version, courtesy Daijiworld.

WANTED: A CORPSE Please help

Election is nearing,

Want a corpse

Not of a human being,

But of a Hindu

Or of a Muslim

Or of a Christian. I have a palace.

My wealth will last for

Some more generations.

Ambitions are natural

I wanna achieve more.

Want a corpse

To reach my goal. Do not want a man

Killed by members of

His own community,

Want a Hindu corpse

Killed by a Muslim.

Want a dead body of a Muslim

Murdered by a Hindu.

Oh, election is fast approaching. Failed to feed the poor,

To give shelter to homeless,

To stop corruption,

Am aware I did not keep up

The promises made,

Wanna win one more time

Want a corpse. Poojary, Baliga, Ashraf,

Danamma, Sharath, Deepak,

And Basheer

Will fetch some votes,

But more corpses needed

To come out victorious

In forthcoming polls. In the market of political parties

Amid competition to triumph

Corpses are sold

Dead people, murderers

Are up for auction

Please help

Cooperate kindly

Want a corpse. Want a corpse

Not of a human being

But that of a Hindu

Or of a Muslim

Or of a Christian.

(Translated by Richie John Pais with permission from Jaleel Mukri)

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