# Country's Teeth

> Translated poems show how resistance teeth bite back.
- Title: Country's Teeth · Scroll | Shortify
- Summary: Translated poems show how resistance teeth bite back. Translated poems describe a country's growing resistance through biting imagery.
- Keywords: kannada, translation, poetry, protests, resistance, poems, news, india, politics, Country's, Teeth, Scroll
- Source: Scroll — https://scroll.in/article/1096683/the-country-has-grown-teeth-translated-poems-of-resistance-and-protest
- Author: Kamalakar Bhat
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: kannada, translation, poetry, protests, resistance, poems, news, india, politics
## This Biting, This Violence
The Yellow Demon Butterfly nests shake when it arrives, hills tremble after it leaves.
## The Country Has Grown Teeth
The country's roads, offices, railway stations, parks bare angry white teeth. Coins begin to bite.
## Clattering Teeth
The teeth clatter a million scissors clicking together. They will dictate who holds hands and what colors children see.
## Key takeaway

Translated poems describe a country's growing resistance through biting imagery.