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Come calling,Calling,Churi, churi,Kanch ki churiyan,Kanch ki,Glass bangles,Glass’,The man with the bundle,The cloth bundleOn the backInto the streets,Lanes,To townsAnd villages,Churi, churi,Kanch ki churiyanAnd women used toCall, callFrom their houses,Come, come here,O, churiwallah,Churiwallah,O, bangle-seller,Bangle-seller!And he opening,Opening the packs,Showing bangles,Glass bangles,Coloured bangles,Red, green, yellow, grey, blueAnd of printed coloursAnd he making them wear,Slip into the banglesAfter applying the…

And to rest.

Want ITo slip,Slip intoYour territoriesCrossing over to,Traversing itIntoThrough the Nathula passAs know I not,But can see youThrough Buddha and Buddhism,GayaAnd his visits far intoAs for the Lamas,Bikhsus, Bodhisattavas,Zens and Buddhist pagodas!Chinese girl, I know it notYour tongue,Whatever be itMandarian or Cantonese,But I can,Can guess aboutOur connection,Connection,A saga forgottenAnd India regressed into!Chinese girl, I know it…

Ready to rollick,Rollick and dance,Ever ready to welcomeThe new yearComingWith the musical beats,Beats and vibesThrilling.I shaking the body,Ready to give a break dance,The disc jockey too getting impulsiveWith the beats and vibes,Readying to jolt and take by storm.

Do you know it?He will try to keep powerAfter reining it all,The fool’s lathi and the goon’s unlicensed pistolWill be the chief tools of hisFirepower, man power and muscle power,Handing power to chieftains,Street roamers and loafers,Fools and illiterates,Not at all to the educatedWho may in their turn wrest powerFrom himWhich he can never again.A fools’…

Of undaunted sacrifice and oath-takingAnd standing by word and moralityAs shown in the character of KarnaThe disowned child of KuntiFused with the high-pitching poesyOf Dinkar.