Reset Password
Reset Link Sent
| Blogs > looklook > Views from the Balcony |
|
The Naked King Andersen's famous tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" was written many years ago. The story is about a king who parades around naked, believing he is wearing an invisible cloak. None of the king's subjects dare to say that he is moving around naked until a cries, "But he isn't wearing anything at all." The poem posted below is a reworking of this famous tale by the Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty. The original version of the poem is in Bengali. The poem wonders where the is: The concluding lines of the Bengali poem introduce a new political dimension to the story by seeking the . This shift is remarkable. It reflects the majority of our people's alliance with the ruling elite. Everyone sees that the king is naked, yet Everyone is clapping. Everyone is shouting; shabash, shabash! Some have prejudice, some have fear. Some have mortgaged their intelligence to others. Some are connoisseurs, some are Mercy-seeker, deceiver. One thinks that the royal robes appear very delicate, in the eyes Even though nothing is there, still he has, At least it's not impossible to have some. Everyone knows the story. But inside that story Just a compliment Cowardly, scheming or stupid. There was no stubbornness. There was also a . A truthful, simple, courageous . The king of stories has come down to the public road of reality. Again, the applause is rising Freezing A crowd of stalkers. But I can't see the Anywhere in the crowd today Where has the gone? has Anyone stashed him anywhere, In a secret mountain cave? Or, has he fallen asleep Playing with soil-grass-stone At any distant silent river shore, Or beneath the shadow of a tree. Go, wherever he may be Find him. Let him come once in front of this naked king and Stand fearlessly. Let him come and raise his voice above this applause And ask: King, where are your clothes? 
|
|||
|
IT IS USUALLY THE YOUNG ONES WHO REBEL AGAINST TYRANTS. SOME AT THE COST OF THEIR LIFE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PLACES ON THIS PLANET THAT COULD USE A FEW HONEST KIDS JUST NOW.
| ||
|
Spirited youth with a strong sense of justice are amazing!!! 
| ||
|
I don't know any naked kings, but the reality is that young people don't understand cause and effect. ... They see something that troubles them, and want it changed, without an understanding of the origin of the troubling circumstance. Baby Boomers are often reviled by today's youth, yet Baby Boomers were the commune-dwelling, flower-power, give-peace-a-chance youth of the 60s. ... What happened? ... Reality! ... Life experience taught that both success and failure are often the result of choices made, and that bad people will continue to misbehave until they are forced to change their ways.
| ||
10/3/2024 2:10 pm |
Children could sure teach some adults a thing or two, that's for sure. 
| ||
|
IT IS USUALLY THE YOUNG ONES WHO REBEL AGAINST TYRANTS. SOME AT THE COST OF THEIR LIFE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PLACES ON THIS PLANET THAT COULD USE A FEW HONEST KIDS JUST NOW.
| ||
|
Spirited youth with a strong sense of justice are amazing!!!
| ||
|
Children could sure teach some adults a thing or two, that's for sure.
| ||
|
I don't know any naked kings, but the reality is that young people don't understand cause and effect. ... They see something that troubles them, and want it changed, without an understanding of the origin of the troubling circumstance. Baby Boomers are often reviled by today's youth, yet Baby Boomers were the commune-dwelling, flower-power, give-peace-a-chance youth of the 60s. ... What happened? ... Reality! ... Life experience taught that both success and failure are often the result of choices made, and that bad people will continue to misbehave until they are forced to change their ways.
| ||
|
That’s true in politics as well. Many can see that the Emperor has no clothes but are afraid to say so. They are sheep in a crowd of many. Often times it takes someone with courage, someone not easily swayed to stand up and point out that the Emperor is indeed, quite naked.
| ||
|
That’s true in politics as well. Many can see that the Emperor has no clothes but are afraid to say so. They are sheep in a crowd of many. Often times it takes someone with courage, someone not easily swayed to stand up and point out that the Emperor is indeed, quite naked.
|
×
×