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INDIA, my incredible motherland


( my motherland is India but I'm settled in Africa for ages, my ancestors were Mesopotamian and forefathers Arabian)



Ah, India, this land of the monsoons

or should it have been the sunsoons?

Yet for frozen land tourists, a tropical hot boon.



Where bullock carts, stray dogs, horse carriages and cows

pedestrians, goats, bikes and rickshaws

scooters, trucks, motorbikes and cabs

all compete together in quirky medley of traffic jams

On crammed roads you could ram into bulls and rams



So brakes forever screeching, the cars forever honking, hooting

while beggers begged and pickpockets could go a' looting on a footing



But where else you'd see, ducks and ponds in the city

buffaloes wallowing in mud without fear or pity!



Urban jungle eh, you'd think with a wink

and in many's esteem this land shan't ever sink.



Then pass the huge expanses of paddy fields and the rice farmers

and next come face to face with those Indian snake charmers!



Ah and the imposing edifice, Tajmahal, one of the seven wonders of the world

is no where else found, nor are the epic himalayas on any map unfurled

except for India, and a whole ocean with her name

The Indian ocean knows and salutes her fame!



As for me, meeting relatives there, is the best best part

then shopping too in each and every crowded mart

shopping like crazy, filling my spree's shopping cart!







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