I am the Ex—
Ex-Homeopath, who left the sugar and lie,
Ex-Muslim, who dared to question the sky.
Ex-Communist, who unshackled the chain,
Ex-Woke, who stepped out from performative pain.

Each "Ex" a scar, a badge, a flame—
From rigid dogmas I overcame.
I walked through fire, I shed the skin,
To find the truth that burns within.

In this age where data streams flow,
Open-source light began to glow.
It led me not just far, but wide—
To answers stars themselves can’t hide.

I learned that questions shape the key,
To unlock truth and set minds free.
Thus rose my love for science bright,
For human worth and reasoned right.

Now with these truths I seek to thread
A better path our politics dread—
Where logic reigns, and minds are stirred,
By fact, not fear, and every word.

So come, my friend, this path we pave—
To free the minds, the hearts, the brave.
For India’s soul and the world’s rebirth,
Let’s build a future of conscious worth.

Arif Hussain Theruvath