A newspaper cutting on extinct fish
is pasted on the college wall
The ones who pasted it dissolved among the other students
Images of swimming fish are there with the news
Through the pictures plenty of paths open
to the inland ponds and sylvan streams
While looking on, a thought pops up:
Will my race also become such a news tomorrow?
Extinctions have become an inevitable truth on the planet
Some animals are already in the protected list
Even the tiger
As I toddle everyday
when I turn the corner
I weep remembering my race
facing the threat of extinction
(Translated from Malayalam by Ajay Sekher)
