the bhaiyyas last stand

the bhaiyyas last stand, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

away
from the city
of their birth
away from
loved ones
in their
hometown
eking a
living
in a
migrant
city
running
up and down
carrying loads
pushing carts
from the streets
to the godowns
from shops
to taxi stands
in mumbai
boomtown
beaten
mocked
humiliated
in a crackdown
political
scapegoat
of regional
wrath
in some
cities
towns
terrorists
are given more
respect
in our city jails
but the bhaiyyas
cosmic fate
being an
indian
treated as a
stranger
insulted
denounced
his rich
ostentatiously
laid back
leaders
built statues
parks elephants
instead of creating
jobs for them
is the sad story
of north indian
bhaiyya final
count down