Bedanabala by Mahasweta Devi
“If the sky were sheet of paper/ If every blade of grass on earth were pen/ If the seven seas were awash with ink/ If
“If the sky were sheet of paper/ If every blade of grass on earth were pen/ If the seven seas were awash with ink/ If
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