River Thames rowing Queen, New Delhi where have you been?
I feel jealous a bit not too
much. After watching river Thames
gets so many bridges walkways, rowing the Queen, musical stage on the bank and
fresh fish to eat. It’s June and humid hot summers in the city New Delhi. Every one need stroll on the bank of river or sea to
get fresh. We had flowing river which is no more a river now.
It is my satire for the city
and its people I of my city New Delhi.
Summer River cries
to its people those she feeds
Hold summers
wave and try to breathe hard
New Delhi’s June make the sun to creed
Rivers, River
hold my breath give me bread.
Flow like
flamingo and sound like flute
Here we
worship, but where are the ship to float
Oh my city
river Yamuna, don’t cry
You and me
both are coy
Those make it
dirty should feel shy
Watching and
praying you from distance
Wishing to
find soft flow, small fish and confidence
Bluish and
moon lit like the thames of London
Wooden and
iron bridges are not seen
Where have you
been?
Rowers row
without boarding the Queen
New Delhi had the river and horses when I was teen.
Hold summers
wave and try to breathe
New Delhi’s June make the sun to creed.
I don’t know am I correct here?
Comparing New Delhi with the London. But up to some extent am I right, after watching London’s Queen golden jubilee celebrations on river Themes. Here
I feel bit parallel as we also have river and roots of Queen’s rule, which our
so called elected parliament rules us, same like Queens Governors 66 years
back.
But here I am concerning the
system and running a city. New Delhi
has everything as per world standards, but we lack commitment of citizens and planners
to make it happening city like London where 20 million tourists visit, for just have good
food and pleasant walks, theatres and music from all over world.
Where we are lacking behind
in New Delhi comparing with London in terms maintain city. Blame it on to hot weathers
and slow planning of Government. Here we have to blame migrants those coming in
the city and making city over loaded and all migrants come for money and have
less commitment towards city. Second our planners are so much slow in this age
of high speed internet.
So here I am not saying to
stop migration of people in New Delhi
but saying love the city, the river and its people. Say lovely hello to all.
Here is satire to the city I
love New Delhi, which has not seen bombing and spying own friends in
the daily life, yes we have seen depressed rule of colonizers like British.
But I still say those took a
lot but today over government are giving less to its citizen.
Oh I am not political here
but for the enlistment of city food, culture and its past I am saying this.
Hope my publishers like this.
Below statement for our
planner of city named New
Delhi, which
takes a lot from us and gives less.
We can think of city like London made around river Themes which has seen 2 devastating
world wars and toxic wastes of Manchester city textiles mills for 100 years.
Written After Watching
Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Queen of England…I missed status of my city New Delhi.
7TH OF JUNE 2012
By Shailesh Sharma Pokhriyal
