Poem By Mamata Banerjee -

— after the spirit of Mamata Banerjee’s poems from "Upalabdhi" and "Ami Bangla Bolchi"

So let the thunder roll and spit— I am the hand that will not quit. Not just a shield, not just a plea— I am Bengal’s audacity. poem by mamata banerjee

When the metro roared and the buildings grew, I walked the mud path, broke the queue. My ribs are bamboo—bent but strong, my song is the rickshaw’s pull-along song. — after the spirit of Mamata Banerjee’s poems

(After a line from Mamata Banerjee’s poem "Ami Bangla Bolchi") I walked the mud path