Category: Uma’s Posts from Chennai

Polychromatic cosmic world in my hand ,
Wandering for a living on Chennai’s beach land .
Children go ballistic… At the bobbing balloons,
Wanting to possess this duplicate mystic moon !
Rupees 50, I make through an adamant child ,
No one can hear my “lucky day” chuckle… so mild 🙂

I know I’m a goat ,
But do you know,very often I have a tummy bloat
When it comes to food , I do have a mind of my own,
Entree’s vary from paper bags to plastic phones !
It’s not an easy choice to make,
Saambaar drenched polymers I decide to take .
In heaps I find them outside residential apartments,
Yet to reach the ears of the TN Health Department!

Red, yellow , green, plantains,

Sold by  twenties and tens.

Carts sail in and out of streets, 

Tempting health freaks to buy these treats.

Pedlar’s shouts float through the Sunday calm air , 

Announcing their natural benefits for nail & hair !! 

Friends from Chennai say!

We clamber up abandoned vehicles,
Cause we’re savvy and technical,
We explore this  three wheeled locomotive,
If on Delhi freeways,it can be accommodative .
We are game for the VV84 road trip,
Bet ya….. in a car ? drag we’re bound to zip !! ??

Vannakkam Chennai,  Vessels shaken and stirred, making a din,
When sunlight comes streaming  in.
Weathered hands peeling pungent onion,
Deft he is, a skilled kitchen minion!
Time for kal dosa to be on the leaf,
Energy Tiffin for passing labourers’  relief !

If you want a clean room…
you must buy his high quality handmade broom !
His weary head carries dry coconut leaves …
in his hard work and simple product he believes…..
If you buy just one,
you will make him happy a ton !!!