Silent Majority
First they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Pakistani.
Then they came for the women, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Feminist.
Then they came for the Adivasis, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Naxalite.
Then they came for the Dalits, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not an Ambedkarite.
Then they came for the rationalists, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the farmers, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Gandhian.
Then they came for the beef-eaters, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a Sickular.
Then they came for the historians, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not an Intellectual.
Then they came for the filmmakers, and I did not speak out -
Because I was not a starving Artist.
They are coming after the working class, dividing us up, every single day -And I know I will not speak out still -
Because I am not really a revolutionary.
