Ideological Apparatus

Every human quietly shelters within themselves

an ‘ideological apparatus’ of their own making—

Bound inside the very ideology they construct,

They remain confined—

and, in turn, attempt to confine others within it too.

Indeed, a bewildering apparatus!

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy

Timestamp: Probably, 2022, Social Sciences Faculty, DU

Adapted from my Bengali Poem.

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