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A Different History

A Different History By Sujata Bhatt About the poet: Sujata Bhatt (born 1956) is an award-winning poet. She spent most of her childhood in India before emigrating with her family to America. Her poems have appeared in literary journals across the world, and have been widely anthologised. Her poetry captures the rhythms of natural speech, and often reflects the emotions associated with navigating multi-cultural, multi-lingual contexts. Bhatt is also known for her translations of Gujarati and German literature into English. It is two stanza poem; first stanza discusses about Western/Indian Culture and the second stanza discusses about Languages because the culture and languages are interconnected. FIRST STANZA: The Greek God of Wild, Shepherds and flocks named “Great Pan” is not dead and emigrated to India as the Greek Mythology is no more alive and practiced there. Here in India, Gods (Great Pan) roaming freely disguised (as another form) as snakes or monkeys. In our Indian culture, every tree is sacred and it is a sin to be rude with books as they are made from sacred trees. It is a sin to shove a book with foot and a sin to slam the books down hard on a table. And also, it’s a sin to toss a book carelessly across a room. One must learn to turn the pages gently because books are Saraswathi, the goddess of learning. We should not disturb her or rude towards her. Here the poet says, Indians respect books as it symbolises Goddess Saraswati and Trees. Until now first stanza completed in which the poet discussed what happened to Great Pan in western culture and how in India (Eastern culture) he, in another form alive and respected. SECOND STANZA: In the second stanza, the poet discusses about the oppressor’s language and how it dominates and murders someone with their rude and scythe type of language. Here, she tells that with long scythe coming out from face (i.e., tongue, harsh and sharp) tortures and murders. Its crops and cuts the soul. Future generations learn that strange language and they love the same language. CONCLUSION: Here, in these two stanzas, the poet tries to explain how cultures and languages are changing and slowly people are forgetting their own culture and language.