Vansh Malhotra (he/him) // Contributor
You have cut your hair
You have pulled out your beard
You have burned your moustache
No facial hair
then why
Do you wear the Kara on your right hand?
Everyone wants to know if I am a Sikh
as the copper bracelet thuds against
the desk when I write with my right hand
and then I touch Lord Krishna’s bracelet on my left hand and I stroke my hair so short
that they glare at me.
Get off that Lord Krishna’s bracelet.
Stop making fun of the heritage!
It’s not a Buy One Get One Free offer.
The Heritage?
Isn’t it my heritage too?
Either the Kara or Lord Krishna’s bracelet?
Both can’t live
together
with
one person.
India? Canada?
Grandpa? Grandma?
Hindu? Sikh?
Both can’t exist together now.
I disagree.
I exist.
Category: Literature