Firoze Shakir Poet - Frozen Time: 01/27/14

Monday, January 27, 2014

India My India

India My India, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

India
pride
of its
youth
healing
touch
to sooth
following
the footsteps
gandhi
sardar valabh bhai
patel..abdul kalam
azad..freedom
justice liberty
truth ,, humility
hospitality
a tree of hope
laden with
fruits ..
power of
the people
by the people
for the people
its source
the election
booth ..

The Bandra Talao...Weeps ..

The Bandra Talao...Weeps .., a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

thank you
ministerji
as an
umbrella
of darkness
creeps .
you were
so busy
fulfilling
promises
that you
had to keep
had you
bestowed
additional
beauty
on the
neglected
bandra talao
you would
have been
remembered
rich rewards
you would
have reaped
the bandra
talao a
haven of
drug addicts
prowling
bad elements
even whores
soliciting
on this
dust heap
fishes in
the lake
dying
mysteriously
when poisoned
more tears seep
bandra talao
will one day
be just
knee deep

Bandra Talao is a small lake located in Bandra, Mumbai. The lake was formerly known as Lotus Tank and is a Grade II heritage structure.[1] The lake was also called "Motha Sarovar" and was constructed by a rich Konkani Muslim of Navpada (also spelt Naupada or Naopara), an adjoining village.[2][3] It is spread across 7.5 acres.[4]
The maintenance of the lake was later taken over by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and renamed Swami Vivekanand Sarovar. Paddle boating facilities and pisciculture activities were operational in this lake during the 1990s. It is 200 years old.[5]