To beat
The blazing heat
Of Indian summer
Hot and sultry.
Curd with sugar,
Cream and ice
And a little bit
Of pepper and black salt,
A glass of milky cold lassie.
Lassie chahiye,
Lassie chahiye,
The hawker coming and saying,
Lassie,
Lassie,
Cold lassie,
Sweet and sour and spiced,
Half-half.
Are but Bantleman, Lantleman.
The fanatical, orthodox and conservative trafficker and the bootleggerGo about seling her.Just like a green and pink-necked parrot,The astrologer goes about using the birdAs for picking the zodaic cards of fateAs to prophesize.The same middle men, astrological men, as per oraclesDemanded the first girl issuesTo be given to the templesTo be devadasis and nautch girls.But…
Nirgun Brahma.
Kar lo duniya mutthi mein.Bhaiyya, Bhaiyya, kya bola,Kya bola tumnei? ,Asked he after hearing him.And said he again,Digital India,Digital India,Kar lo duniya mutthi mein.Again asked he curiously, Bhaiyya,Bhaiya, kya bola tumne,Digital-wigital,Samajh nahin aayin?Dekho, dekho,Mein bataata hun, batata hun,Yah to digit ka khel hain.Bhaiyya, Bhaiyya,Yah tumne banaya hain,Tumne yaa technical logon nei?
Culture is something inbornAnd hereditary.
Traditional folk danceWith traditional folk music and playThey rehearsing,Rehearsing, dramatizing,Performing collectively,Dancing, feasting, rejoicing,Milking, cooking, huntingOr sitting at homeIt is a beauty to see temPlaying traditional instrumentsTaking to nomadic life and cultureOf the herders, indigenous peoplesOf the world.
