we make news out of lipstick, travel
and choice of ice cream.
we make news out of nationalism,
feminism,
rationalism,
patriotism,
and ‘lets be offended by everything’ isms
we make flashy news
…
we are the people of todayour self worth
rests on the opinion of others,
on magazine covers,
on ‘how many more overs’
on frequent lovers
we are the average man in a cue
that nobody notices
we are you
…
we are deafened by the silenceof our own voice.
Read the complete transcript of Kalki Koechlin’s ‘Noise’ here