The Republic We Inherited
Poems from the Age of Cowardice
by Anand Prakash
This is poetry written in a time of silence.
The Republic We Inherited confronts the everyday cowardice that allows cruelty to survive—through fear disguised as tradition, obedience mistaken for virtue, and indifference passed down as inheritance. Anand Prakash's poems move through abused childhoods, moral paralysis, ritualized violence, and the quiet compromises of ordinary citizens.
These poems do not shout. They observe. They implicate. They linger.
Unflinching yet restrained, personal yet political, this collection asks an uncomfortable question: What happens to a republic when conscience becomes optional?
For readers who believe poetry should still disturb, resist, and refuse innocence.
