Main to Hoon Mumbaikar

Main to Hoon Mumbaikar
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My parents were migrants from Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is quite a contrast compared to the rest of Uttar Pradesh, this just a thought, as Lucknow that I belong to is the old decadent and antiquated one, the administration one after the other has not yet got up from its stupor, so the old Lucknow that I belong to is gradually sinking in a cultural mire of poverty and degradation, Ignorance reigns supreme , no state in the North wants to emulate the success of Mumbai , so every next guy wants to wake up in Mumbai, its a punishing life , success million miles away,

Bila ticket UP se Mumbai aanewala
train ke toilet mein
TT se chupjaanewala
station ke platform
se kismet aazmane wala
the haat gadi pheriwala,
the plastic basket on his head the Macchiwala,
the long moustache growing Bandra Mucchad Paan wala ,
the Bhaji wala,
the Fruitwala
the Gaanewala,
the Aapus basket Aam wala,
the Matress cotton beating Gaddewala,
Musafir Khane ka Kapdewala
Manish Market pe Duplicate Ray ban
Citizen, aur Nakli Ghadi bechnewala
the Kaichi Dhar wala the Bhelpuri wala,
the Paani puriwala,
the Seng chanawala,
Chor Bazar mein Chilya hotel ka Barwala
the Tel Maalish Champi Maalish wala,
the Tange wala,
no not the Nagori Dudh wala ,
but the blue shirt Khaki Parsi dairy wala,
the Ice cream Kulfi wala,
the Chana Zor Garam wala,
the Auto rickshaw wala,
the Ice Factory baraf wala,
the Parsi temple aur High Court Pani Gadi Chalane wala
what would Mumbai be Mr Thackeray if you remove all these souls that are all Mumbaikars.
and hum sab ka dil behlanewala..
durbin se Gateway batane wala,
bioscope mein madhuri dixit ka naach dhikane wala,
sar par thela leke saaman phaunchnewala ,
Vt par Ek Bhaaiya ko Sau bhaiyya lejaanewala
platform tickit out of stock bananewala
Sirivastav, Choubey, Yadav , Singh telephone ke taron se Dil Jodnewala
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat pe kapdon ko ulta latkane wala
goron ko photon se dil jeetane wala
Aachar bechnewala,
haath gadi khechne wala,
Security ke maan bahen karnewala
Sharukh ke bangle par shooting karanewala
Amitabh ko Bacchan banane wala
Dhongi Sadhu paisa bananewala
Dhongi Jyotish banjanewala
Haath ki ghisi piti lakeeron ko
Lakhpati bannane wala
Bhojpuri Picture ka producerwala
IPS officer banjanewala
Minister ki seet par chipak janewala
Ramzaan mein Roze rakne ke liye Uthanewala,
Juhu Chowpatty mein Chath Puja pe Ganga Sehr Surya puja karanewala
Banganga pe Bal katane wala,
Aur jo Hajam kehlanewala
Jo ek din ke liye Hajam ban janewala,
Puja paath Pitru Visarjan mein karane wala..
Mumbai Nagri mein Kurla ko Kurla bananewala
Madrassa mein Arbi sikhanewala
Bangi sahab ban janewala
Shia aur Sunni Maulana,
talachavi banewala
chura chaku bechnewala
moradabad ka hookah
tambe pital ka saaman bechnewala
attar ka sauda karnewala
ankhon mein surma laganewala
Mumbai ki shaan aur
Jaan bananewala
Math kaho mujhe Bhaiyya
Main to hoon
Mumbaikar
Urf Bambaiwala