Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Mosquitoes and Bhaiyyas Cause Malaria Political Message of Peace

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mosquitoes
come from north india
beggars and bayiyyas too
according to
politicians statistics
they are the cause
of malaria
jaundice typhoid swine flu
all the potholes
on the road
the houses that come
crumbling
down in the rains
the migrants
are responsible
that's their
honorable view
they may be right
the custodians
of the conscience
of our city
in lieu
the migrants
are more
they are few
to enter
the cauldron
of mumbai
at gonda
gorakhpur
faizabad aligarh
desperately
waiting in queue
yes the north indians
love amchi mumbai
as much
as we love it too
the call of bollywood
bhojpuri films
even the job
of a light man will do
if not as
pheriwala
ganewala
bhajiwala
limbu paniwala
thelewala
bhutewala
panwala
nai
dhobi
MTNL
linewala
paniwala
hath gadiwala
parsi dairy
doodhwala
bhangarwala
they are willing
to get
in any vacant shoes
some bhaiyyas
vegetable sellers
become wealthy
rich netas
solely by virtue
without
the bhaiyyas
i assure you
once and for all
mumbai
will not be amchi
mumbai
its true
once upon a time
not long ago
my own
father
mohomed shakir
not a bhaiyya
mind you
came here
to try
his luck
from lucknow
he and his wife
shamim shakir
gave all they had
both lie in a
shia cemetery
at mazgaon
with respect to
a stones throw
from where they
lie is the most
neglected
cemetery
of the
Baghdadi
Jews

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