Neighbours near and far

Neighbours near and far
Apart
Why disturb the apple cart
Of hate and hurt
When one can be happy
Let's just be snappy.

From now on I promise

From now on I promise
Not to litter Facebook
With bad attempts at poetry
I am going to try prose
Oh shit, you rose
To the bait, I mean
Please like, be seen.

Sometimes I go away

Sometimes I go away
In order to come back
Sometimes I return
To pick up things that I lack
But every-time that I move
I should have nothing at all to prove.

Chandni Chowk to China

Chandni Chowk to China
Is a bad film
But a good idea.

The Ahmedabad Nagpur Curse

The curse is upon us
And will probably stay
Till Nagpur remains the center
And Ahmedabad holds the sway.

No making fun of king

How dare you insult
The chief of our staff
Who of course can at will
Huff and puff, and make chaff
Look oh so good
And so be understood
No making fun of king
Else we will make you sing
The anthem that is national
You know we ain't no rational.

Noise is what Indians make

Noise is what Indians make
Noise is what Indians take
To their graves
Or funeral pyres
Even heaven (or most likely hell) tires
Of the fires that we lit
While we were at it.

To China I say

New shirts and jeans
New specs and shades
To China I say
How many more raids
On my poor pocket
My debt on a rocket.

I mend the wheels, you ride the bike

A student just wrote to me
That I have been unfair
In giving him the grades
And he therefore must share
It was a mistake to have
Me as his teacher
You must be right my dear
As I also do feature
In the people that I dislike
I mend the wheels, you ride the bike.

Knowing your neighbour

Knowing your neighbour
Without knowing him
May work at first
But would increasingly dim
Chances of knowing
And you will soon be reaping
What you are sowing.

Kisko ullu bana rahe ho

किसको उल्लू बना रहे हो
क्यों झाड़ पर चढ़ा रहे हो
तुम लोग क्यों तीन साल से
अपना पल्लू बचा रहे हो ?

Kisko ullu bana rahe ho
Kyon jhaad per chada rahe ho
Tum log kyon teen saal se
Apna pallu bacha rahe ho ?

You will be raided

You will be raided
If you say no
To a cow and bull story
Of times now or hoary.

Its better to be sorry

Its better to be sorry
Than safe
When an apology
Does the job.

Not a nail, not one screw

I seem to have wisdom
So I would think
After all these years
I let it all sink
No, please don't blink.
Its not at all true
Not a nail, not one screw.

Let there be light

Let it be, for today
Let there be sight
However short, however slight
Let there be light.

Cows

01
Cows shall inherit
My party's will
We shall overcome
(The gullible voter)
And swell on the kill.

02.
When we have judges
Who like cows
And all that they excrete
I meant the cows...

Life

Life is
Standing in the middle
Of a busy road
Not knowing when to cross
Or where
Do I dare, do I dare ?