That's India for you!

In a country like this, where just down the street
Cows constantly moo and goats constantly bleat
While navigating through holes on the road
You may get run over, but you'll never get bored

Where everyone duck under the poverty line
You can afford a bribe but cant pay the fine
Where cousins get married and lovers are jailed
While innocents are hanged and celebrities bailed

Where handing on a footboard is sure no mean feat
While passing on infections in the unrelenting heat
Where your bodily functions go wherever they please
Don't care if its public, just say Cheese!

Where a good weekend is a good game of cricket
And watching a movie with an overpriced black ticket
Where kids blow their brains out in a 10th std exam
And lawyers show the v sign after surviving a scam

Where young girls live with being felt up
And Marital Abuse is a part of the pre- nup
Where every other second, a woman gets raped
While Politicians' private conversations are taped

Where you're shot in the head if a crime you witness
Where an honest man is paid a bit less
Where reforms go under "Aping the west"
But AIDS is common, and so is incest

You wear it on your sleeve about how you're so desi
But no Hindi, oh no, I'll talk your angrezi
Yet don't we adore our over populated nation?
I'll jump the red signal now, my train's at the station!

An Ode to BSNL

This one(as you shall soon find out yourslef) was written when my net connection wouldnt work..



That ONE beeping, FREAKING green light
Spells the end of tedium and beginning of new life
To enter the world of infinite rambles
If not for it, I’d be in shambles!!!!!!

But its not lighting up, I sit and stare
Still not lighting up, I resort to swear
“COME ON you ************* son of a *****”
You’re the path to rapture, the cure to the itch!!!!!!!!!!!
Power, Link, Data and PC, it says
I didn’t know it could anguish me in so many ways
As I linger here, in this dreary, dull chair
Wouldn’t be too flabbergasted if I’ve got some white hair

The entrance, the ingress, the fortress, the gate
The one bloody idiotic green light I hate
DAREGLOBAL ************* ADSL MODEMGod sue BSNL, smolder and SCREW THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give yourself away

You wake up and you tell yourself
‘I’ll give myself away”
With worries boxed up in a shelf
There’s not so much to say

As you look beyond material things
Beyond that wall of shame
You realize the bird that sings
Its heart out in the rain

The world doesn’t need another fight
Nor any more wars
It just needs to make things right
..And erase the scars

“The wounds will heal”, you tell yourself
There sure is a way
With worries boxed up in a shelf
…it’s such a wonderful day

As you lend a tear to those in fear
You give your heart away
As you spend a moment to those who’re dear
Trouble is kept at bay.

So just forget what doesn’t seem right
It doesn’t have to right now
Think about what’s near in sight
…they’ll fix themselves somehow.


Well, its kinda "inspired" heavily by Switchfoot's Daisy, but hey, any similarities are purely unintentional.