Mumbai The Magic Land

Mumbai The Magic Land, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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from the ashes
of chawls old bungalows
slums shanties
open lands
towers of babels
vertically it expands
for every built up
square feet
a value for money
it demands
respect
reverence
it commands
once it was colaba
wodehouse road
now it is sharukh khans
bungalow at band stand
or galaxy where
salman khan lives
crowds of die hard fans
forgotten are areas
like null bazar
famous for pots and pans
peela house foras road
shuklaji street kamatipura
famous for one night stands
mumbai the magic land
a dream held in the
palm of every hand
the filthiest dirtiest city
malaria dengue
swine flu typhoid jaundice
a soul strangulated
by its own hands
bollywood film city
mehboob studio
filmistan the pride
of filmi hindustan
our film fare awards
as famous
as what you get
at the oscars
or at Cannes
our heroes
our heroines
our item girls
their filmy
shenanigans
the queen of the soap
opera mumbai potholes
the gift of a broken hand
iftar parties at
islam gymkhana
kaisar bagh
only for the rich and famous
the poor beg outside deadpan
peace hope humanity
hindus muslims christians
in this indian heartland
why bloggers cant be a part
of media a thought
i could never ever
understand and
i would rather live
here in mumbai
in bankruptcy
than get my
muti colored ass
fucked
in foreign lands
do gaz zameen ke neeche
in my own motherland