May 9, 2020

A time once existed Right across the length and breath Of “the country that once was” When District Officers Permeated the nooks and crannies In various shades and purposes From the Agric. Extension To sanitary inspection And local dispensary And local school authority Ever before the advent of DFRRI Or the town crier MAMSER When lives of all and sundry From urban to rural areas Were touched by the act…

May 9, 2020

I remember as we used to say in those days It is the outside that will drag its children back home They moved a whopping 300 souls To celebrate a ninety-year-old birthday in Dubai They parade the streets of London for a common ailment They were permanent features in Indian Hospice Were in Italy for ice creams And wore suits on babanriga to watch games in Spain Rode bicycles on…