Daru mat piyo, yaar,

Affectionate bonding and sympathy,Love emotional weakness,A heart disease,Feeling of being lost,Strange fits of passion.So, love you not,Give not your heart,Take you not her.

In rows,Stood they up,The flag was pulledBorderedSaffron,WhiteAnd green,The middle whiteWith the Ashok ChakraThe flag went upTo the pole mast,The thread strungAnd the sling opened itWith a plethora of petals,Flower petals scattering over.Saluted we,The incense sticks burnt it,Flowers were offered toTo the dais with the flag-post,The song was sung,Jana gana mana mangal…,Some remembered it,Some seemed to…

Sapne sapne hi haiLagate hain waise.Golden dreamsAre never ownAs dreams are but dreamsSeeming to be so.

The lotus is a lotus,A thing of beauty, purity and goodness,The lotus of thought, idea and sublimitySo the man towering above with a sagaBeyond the touch of mortality,Serene, sacrosanct, indelible and sublime.

Dancing and saying,Happy, happy new yearTo you, to you,I in the hatWith a flowerInto the handsSmelling,Smelling and dancingAll alone,Rollicking,Rocking and gliding,Gliding and dancingIn rhythmAt the beat of,Pace of musicAnd its beatsIn a shayarana andazThrilling and rockingThe stage,I rollicking and rocking,A disco dancer,A disco dancer,A shayarA shayarIn a shayarana andaz.The balloons hanging,Hanging by,Firecrackers burstingMildly,The music loudAnd…

IThe Gipsy GirlOn the platformSaw IThe gipsy, gipsy girlIn the gogglesGoing somewhereWaiting to catch the train, train,The gipsy, gipsy girl.IIA Tryst With Miss BurqawalliA Lover of Dark RoseOn the platformSaw I the burqawalliIn hidingGoing over the foot bridge,The railway fly overJust like a ghost,A shadow or an imagery.The coy mistressGoing over the foot bridge,Stepping, stepping…

Gunga Din,Who is thisGunga Din,Din, Din?A bearer,A water carrierOr an attendant,A military attendingBearer,Din, Din,Gunga Din.A regimental bhisti,An Indian bearer,Water carrierWorking for the militaryIn cantonmentsAnd barracksAnd battle-fieldsServing,Bringing water for them.Din, Din,Gunga Din,Gunga, Din, Din,Pani lao,Edhar aao, udhar mat jao,Aha aao, wahan jao,An Indian characterSeen by the unknown British military.Gunga Din, a military bhistiIn the midst of…

Imagistic, portraying.A poet of the eveningSo full of emotion and feelingAnd lyricism.

Horrible ad terribleAs the Myth of Creation,The Mystery of the World.Kali,What is dark,Let it be dark.

Parakeet,Picking the zodiac cardsComing out of the cageAt the town squareNear the court campusUnder the banyan tree,Think I,Think iOf the earning,Bird taming,Keeping of the pet,Fortune-tellingSoothing to the desperateAnd frustrated onesReturning from the court campus desperatelyOr loafing joblesslyTogether with its conservation status.

A satirist,An ironistWho juggled with the ballsOf fun, pun, humour,Satire, jibe, malice, rancour,Pinch, tweet and fillip.

India and ChinaTo be cool and calmBefore resorting to war,Confrontation,Border skirmishesIn Sikkim!