the ability to strike

25.02.2026

S: This morning, I was lying in bed. It was as though I was completely defeated. I have responsibilities and obligations to fight. That is my destiny, war. And yet, I could not get up.
A: What happened?
S: What is the point of this fight? We are fighting a losing battle. This world has been overtaken by a great evil. There are no men to fight. There are only lies and the reverse of the law, the Dharma.
A: What made you get up?
S: I have been raised in the warrior culture of India. When these here were children, they were playing meaningless games. I was watching The Mahabharata. My mother dressed me up as a warrior, as a hero. We were taught to fight, martial arts.
A: It is your mother that made you get up?
S: She wanted to give birth to a warrior that would protect Mother India. I am the one she has named after that duty. My destiny was chosen for me before I was born.
A: What philosophy is this?
S: In the Mahabharata, Krishna, whose name is mine, he said that it is the duty of the warrior to fight the war irrespective of the result. That is the philosophy of the warrior. I am Punjab. We have fought every injustice and every enemy. We are free.
A: What is this war?
S: This war is against a culture of hate and exploitation. It is a war against a culture of discrimination and injustice. This war is against a system of devaluation of difference, the lack of acceptance of diversity. This war is against selfishness, arrogance, greed and destruction. This war is against fascism. This war is for truth and freedom, for honour and dignity.
A: You have chosen this war. Forget like they do. Shed the skin of the warrior.
S: This war has chosen me. This world has wanted to kill The Tiger from before he was even before. They wanted to sterilise my mother in India, they wanted to kill the Oppressed, the lower castes, the Dalits. Yet we still stand and we stand the strongest.
A: What thought did you have when you were finally able to get yourself up to fight?
S: The voice of power came. I have been raised in the culture and the religions of power. My name is Tiger. I said ‘I am Tiger’. Then I arose. And now, nobody can knock me down. The Mother rides the Tiger. She is the One with the Tiger, Maa Sherawali. It is my honour and my duty to protect her. It is my destiny and I am the man of this destiny. I still have teeth. I still have the ability to strike.