Rain capers

It has just begun to rain after a long, long interval. But I am already bored of the rains. It’s all so dull and gloomy and wet. And everything is so filthy. Maybe tolerating the gloominess and wetness would be easier if it wasn’t all so filthy. There’s muck everywhere. Apart from the ubiquitous muck, the rains kind of highlight all the dirt lying about the place- empty wrappers, soggy tissue papers and the rest. It’s so frustrating to look at all this mess and begin a day.

But the bigger problem is not visual, it’s nasal. The open cans of garbage are a dismal sight; but when wet they emanate a much more rotten stench. Throughout the city, the lovely smell of the rain water and fresh mud is replaced by the intensified foul stench of the various wet manholes, gutters, bins and also animal wastes. Agrh!

Rains would be fun if little more attention was paid towards the cleanliness of the city.

Mumbai's roads in the rains

It's raining, it's pouring,
Mumbai's streets are breaking
It's soggy, it's dirty
BMC was sleeping
So people are weeping
It's raining, it's pouring

Rain's pain
Since government's vain

Veterinary cafes

Veterinary cafes


This brewing pot of success,
everything is glittering, growing
This is Mumbai.
There are big roads,
On them are big cars,
And on the sides are big towers,
big malls, big, all big.

And on them,
are veterinary cafes.
big, these are also big,
big in size, big in numbers,
big in customer list,
Crows, cows, dogs, cats and flies
these are their regular visitors.

In a city, where
everything is glittering, growing,
where slums are considered a blot
on the face
and uprooted,
veterinary cafes are flourishing.

Happy eating,
veterinary cafes, a gift
from the city to its
animal citizens.