Brit Actually Quotes

“9/11 destroyed two bustling buildings, Mayflower destroyed a living continent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“If the germans have no right to take pride in their past, neither do the british or the americans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“When I use the term colonizer, I refer only to those who take pride in colonial exploits, and not to those accountable human beings who happen to descend from colonial ancestors. Colonialism is the enemy, it has nothing to do with skin or ancestry. As long as you stand true on ethics of equality and mettle of character, rather than boasting pedigree and archaic tradition, you are a champion of humanity, no matter your ethnicity, ancestry, profession or status.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Triumphs & Superstitions (The Sonnet)

There is no perfect culture,
no culture is immune to fallacy.
Every culture, ancient or new,
has its triumphs as well as
superstitions and conspiracies.

Amateur America landed us on the moon,
it also bears moon landing conspiracy.
Ancient India gave us yoga and ayurveda,
it also suffers from chakrik stupidity.

Arabia and India bore the earliest minds
of astronomy, algebra and philosophy,
yet neither is impervious to fundamentalism,
quite like the adolescent colonial society.

Mark of a great culture is its inclusive spirit,
take away inclusion, and culture becomes gutter.
When intolerance reigns as law, centuries old and
millennia old civilizations suffer equally together.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Blue Blood & Blue Collar (The Sonnet)

I have nothing against blue blood,
any more than I'm against blue collar.
But blue blood think honor is an heirloom,
while blue collar earn their rightful honor.

That's what I call true human character,
unreliant on some fictitious identity.
Every human must earn their admittance,
into the civilized realm of humanity.

I can still accept any blood, blue or otherwise,
if they have the decency to acknowledge atrocity.
Otherwise, all blue blood are canine incarnate,
unworthy of acknowledgment of their existentiality.

King and president, ceo and janitor,
all are equal, only behavior merits honor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Refugees carry culture,
Colonizers carry infection.
Colonizers are the virus,
Refugees are civilization.

Refugees are practicing healers,
living testament of wounds to ointment.
Colonizers are proof of darwinism,
that from monkeys comes the human race.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“There is not one but two truths,
truth of facts and truth of good.
Truth of facts is worth the honor,
when it serves the truth of good.

Pride of truth is the good it does,
without which all facts are futile.
Truth of good is truth absolute,
absence of heart makes logic vile.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“In short, there is no supernatural,
only natural yet to be understood.
If human mind perseveres long enough,
every mystery soon reveals its truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Achievement comes later, atonement comes first.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Naskar is a chemical catastrophe, priming humans as kind thunder.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Naskar not Nascar (The Sonnet)

Naskar is an alter ego,
Naskar is a calling,
a madness bigger than sanity,
not chained to one being.

Even Abi is no match for Naskar,
Abi will perish, not Naskar.
Naskar is a chemical catastrophe,
priming humans as kind thunder.

Naskar is factory of humanitarians,
imbued with wonders against malice.
Muscle up your heart, heart up your brain,
uncontaminated by leanings of prejudice.

Nascar is a race, Naskar is a journey,
voyage of sapiens ushering in humanity.
Surpassing constraints of archaic bigotry,
Naskar is Manifest Humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“If a man doesn't make you feel safe, it's not a man.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“When intolerance reigns as law, centuries old and millennia old civilizations suffer equally together.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Manavad Gita, Sonnet
(Song of Human)

Cosmos is my koran,
Brahmand is my bible.
No writ is whole enough,
to contain mind indivisible.

All say their scripture is god-given*,
it takes holiness to find humans holy.
To surpass the superstition of *bhagavad,
is the beginning of civilized sanctity.

My holiness is in my hands,
no fantasy is my authority.
I'm not against faith of fiction,
but it's time for human based divinity.

If you need myths to sustain your holiness,
it's a lot of things, but it ain't holy.
Holiness of humans cares for the humans,
this is my song offering to humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“There is no ghastlier ghost than a wicked personality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“If human mind perseveres long enough, every mystery soon reveals its truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Ghost Sonnet (Parapsychology 101)

Do you believe in ghosts, someone asked.
Plenty mysteries to unfold, I replied.
Most cases, commoner curiosity gives in,
supernatural explanation is convenient.

Thus mysteries become paranormal,
despite being born of a natural world.
Question is not, is there an explanation,
but how far are you willing to unravel!

In short, there is no supernatural,
only natural yet to be understood.
If human mind perseveres long enough,
every mystery soon reveals its truth.

Bluntly put, there is no ghastlier
ghost than a wicked personality.
We are the gods, we are the goblins,
of our own elaborate story.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“In each other's horror let us be lamp,
In each other's veins let us be current.
In each other's storms let us stand anchor,
Amidst vice and malice let us bear sentience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Algorithm that generates deceit is a bug.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Consuming data with no sense of context, gives you, not awareness, but only ulcers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“There's no greater shame than the human universe rendered legless by its senseless pursuit of nuts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“There's nothing uglier than an endangered mind, reaping the ruins of its own invention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Somnolence leads to obsolescence, obsolescence leads to extinction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Nobody will remember how many times you bowed, they'll only remember the time you didn't bow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Yankee Dongle (Pilgrim Sonnet)

Yankee dongle crossed the pond,
sailing on a ship called Mayflower.
He plucked and tucked a feather in cap,
and called himself the lone ranger.

Yankee dongle made many westerns,
to maintain the narrative in favor.
Propaganda is a key apparatus,
when you're out to roam as killers.

Yankee dongle ran away from home,
he had trouble with his tyrant father.
So he sought out a land of his own,
where he was the new face of terror.

Yankee dongle is his father's son,
same vision, but 100 times the cunning.
Thus, while his father is losing grip,
pilgrim spirit continues transgressing.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“There's no reasoning with greed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Even Lincoln started off as a backboneless traditionalist, who was prepared to do whatever it takes to save the union. But in time he corrected himself, and became an ally of abolition.

If you cannot be an activist, be an ally. If you cannot be an ally, be silent. There is always something you can do, if not, try not to be an inhuman burden.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Humpty Dumpty (Colonial Sonnet)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a throne,
he made a career of divide-n-rule.
Whole west found a savior in a fool,
as he was anointed the royal mule.

He smuggled food from starving natives,
for fighting troops were far more worthy.
Adolf was designated the villain supremo,
while he was the free world's beloved Humpty.

It's fault of the natives to "breed like rabbits",
he was right to be their judge and executioner.
After all, human rights mean rights of the pale,
freedom and equality don't apply to the darker.

Humpty Dumpty was ready with his cigar,
to fight the invaders on the beaches.
Sure he was the right nut for the job,
expertise lies in centuries of practice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Jack and Jill (Colonial Sonnet)

Jack and Jill once went up a hill,
to pick the fabled golden fruit.
So they trapped some blacks-n-browns,
to serve them tireless hand and foot.

Jack and Jill had a glorious dream,
to make the world imperially great.
So they bought some colored folks,
to boss around from their noble bed.

Jack and Jill were full of themselves,
they nicked 'n nicked without repercussion.
Like shameless filth then they sold tickets,
exhibiting the spoils of their barbarism.

Jack and Jill were textbook white trash,
not the right idols of civilized society.
You cannot unscrew their diabolical screwups,
just have the decency to not repeat history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Fate follows deed, deed follows heart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations