Or a Parsi man talking
Of the Doongar-vari?
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Cranes, storks and herons
Stalking overThe marshy plotsAnd deep into water bodiesCatching fish.
Indian English,
Indian pidgin-English,A foolish man’s English,A rustic’s English,Hindustani English,Hey, come here!What is your name?What is your father’s name?Give me sherbet,If not, lassi.Bring in a glass of water,Paani lao yahan.I know here milk is foundBut Indian milkmen mix too much waterIn the milk and that too pond waterWhile going by way to bazaar.
They staged it beautifully just like the theatre personae
Of the street theatres, nukkad sabhasOr the people doing panchayitiAs spokespersons, protagonists, mouthpiecesOf protests and movements, peace movementsBut over continued, overdid they in acting,Protesting and staging of the dramaShowing the facades of liberty and people’s charters,Constitutionalism and constitution-makingBut got they trapped in party and politics,Political ideologies and fascinations,Rather than lingering they must have come toThe…
I think the world is mine,
As I have come to realize it,I am a traveler from farAnd have to go there.
Khortha mei bola na,
Sunik accha laage cche,Aapan dehati bhasha sunik!Aaba, aaba aar suna, sunaWu sab kirakamKhortha bolecche!Do speak in Khortha,Will you please,It sounds tuning, listening to,One’s own countryside cowboy rustic dialect!Come, come and hear, hearHow do theySpeak in Khortha!
The philosophy of maya,
My world,My wife Maya,Maya my children,The world is maya,Man in the bonds of maya.