Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Urban




my camera winks –
a perfect capture for
the urban crowd

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morning traffic –
looks like a rally of
protestors

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urban landscape –
tall buildings side by side
a marathon of doodles.

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how they think
they know music –
these urban kids

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urban mystery –
how they manage their meals
in under Rs 12.

(This one is, well, for the imprudent comments boasted and bragged by some of the Indian ministers that one can get a meal with Rs 12(even Rs. 5 and Re. 1) in his pockets. Seems like a mystery, yes.)


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30 comments:

  1. Unknown7 August 2013 at 02:26

    Its not a mystery! It just brings forward the extreme disconnect the ministers have with the common people!

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  2. Jayashree Srivatsan7 August 2013 at 05:19

    Beautiful vaishali , liked the comparison of traffic to protestors

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  3. Siggi in Downeast Maine7 August 2013 at 06:09

    Thank you. Appreciated the explanation at the end...and understand that bureaucrats think that money stretches like it was elastic.

    I find your verses creative and unique...very nicely done.

    Peace
    Siggi

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  4. Susie Clevenger7 August 2013 at 09:38

    Great haiku collection..I love the third one!!

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  5. Aersh7 August 2013 at 12:49

    its no mystery for someone who is so disconnected with the people, i wouldn’t be surprised if they said food was free and abundant in this country…

    but, to the point, lovely haiku!

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    1. Vaishali Jain11 September 2013 at 23:25

      I guess, we'll never know what goes on in their minds that makes them come up with such comments.

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  6. Saurabh Chawla7 August 2013 at 14:32

    great one. Loved that you included Rs 12 meal thingy too :)

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  7. kalpana solsi7 August 2013 at 14:55

    Morning traffic does look like a rally of protesters. My salute to the last haiku. it is a mystery.

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  8. Ramesh Sood7 August 2013 at 16:18

    Well done Vaishali... Sometimes I do feel concerned about Urban Kids...instead of nature their childhood has glittering gadgets..you have captured it well..

    Mine is here:

    http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/08/shadow-of-high-rise-haiku.html

    RS

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    1. Vaishali Jain11 September 2013 at 23:26

      Sigh! Some things they'll never know.

      Thanks, Ramesh ji.

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  9. Reading Pleasure7 August 2013 at 22:26

    I laughed at the 4th one. Very well weritten

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  10. Unknown8 August 2013 at 09:39

    I really like the third one and the last one is quite a punch...

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  11. Unknown8 August 2013 at 21:26

    Last one is a master piece!!

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  12. Sumana Roy8 August 2013 at 23:13


    so many vivid pictures...........very nicely drawn.

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  13. Amrit Sinha9 August 2013 at 00:23

    The last one surely is a mystery ... perhaps the people who stated it have never ventured out of the confines of their luxuries.

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  14. eyeography9 August 2013 at 12:27

    good thoughts..and well portrayed in haiku...
    loved the last one a lot :)

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  15. Vaishali Jain11 September 2013 at 23:28

    Thank you, Lolly.

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  16. tks31629 May 2014 at 12:33

    Your jibe at the 12 rupee meals says a lot about the fracas that prevails. What was once a baloney on the disconnect has now become a mockery of sorts. Lets hope time enshrines some sense in our rulers. :)

    Tushar Kumar Singh
    Project Disavowed

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