# Conspiracy in the Harem and Other Poems

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**Author:** B.R. Rana
 **Pages:** 68 ** Year of Publication:** 2000 **Price:** HB
Rs 150, FB Rs 100 **ISBN:** HB 81-7595-700-X (817595700X) FB 81-7595-701-2 (8175957012)

**_About the Author:_**
 B.R. Rana was born in 1949. An IPS official, he is the 
Assistant Inspector of General Police in Shillong. He graduated with English Honours
from Shillong’s St. Anthony’s College. He wishes to give a part of the sale proceeds
of this book to Dwar Jingkyrmen — a school for the disabled.

**_Teaser:_**

_The Black Cat_

For all the faults that lie in us,
 For the ill fated stars That conjoin against
us To catch us by throat, We blame the anonymous black cat That crossed our path
On way to work.

**_Contents:_**

The Black Cat / 9
 Sleep, Show Your Real Side / 10 Down on the Knees / 11 Spare 
Me / 12 To Live a Life / 14 The Bad on Flyby / 15 Quid Pro Quo / 16 Death Be Proud/
18 Hypocritical Indelicacy / 20 Ode to Mother / 21 I Need a God, I Think / 23 I’m
Not the Same Every Morning / 25 Clash by Heart / 26 Once in a Lifetime / 28 The 
Morning After / 29 Limited Wars / 30 The Eternal Pining / 32 Street Patrols / 35
The Art of Dying / 38 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell / 40 Rapid Reading / 41 The Bed / 42
Swollen Hollowness / 43 Conspiracy in the Harem / 44 Wrong Medicine / 45 Will It
Cure Me? / 46 Dysfunction Tonight / 47 God’s Foot Soldier / 48 Tyranny of Timidity/
50 In a Fix / 51 Live Fossilization / 52 A Day in the Uneventful Life of a Traffic
Havildar / 56 The Dance of Shiva / 58 Fallen Goddess / 60 Born Les Miserables / 
61 No Solution / 62 Frailty of Human Flesh / 63 Crushed Petals / 64 The Apocalyptic
Unknown / 65 Human Bondage / 66 No Way Out / 67 Don’t Knock at My Doors, Will You?/
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