Bombay promises, dreams come true;
Mumbai claims its first right to dream.
Bombay makes room for thousands who come in each day;
Mumbai asks them where they've come from.
Bombay is into businesses;
Mumbai never lets anyone mind their own.
Bombay makes movies;
Mumbai makes movies call Bombay, Mumbai.
Bombay is full of colour;
Mumbai is saffron.
Bombay never sleeps;
Mumbai gives you sleepless nights.
Mumbai claims its first right to dream.
Bombay makes room for thousands who come in each day;
Mumbai asks them where they've come from.
Bombay is into businesses;
Mumbai never lets anyone mind their own.
Bombay makes movies;
Mumbai makes movies call Bombay, Mumbai.
Bombay is full of colour;
Mumbai is saffron.
Bombay never sleeps;
Mumbai gives you sleepless nights.
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ReplyDeleteBeautifully put Mihir. Really captured the difference between the two "cities". I'm sharing this.
ReplyDeletei dont mean to critic for the sake of it but its a very generalized and a superficial point of view you've presented, i myself call it bombay thats because it was that the day i was born, these lines wouldnt make too much sense to ppl who actually call bombay as mumbai(the official name) and do all the things 'bombayittes' do.
ReplyDeletemy 3 year old american niece calls it mumbai, ofcourse with the accent, not like they pronounce 'bombay' like we would.
PS: piece of poetry advice, always have a start, body and end, the end being the most important.
@nichkil:
ReplyDeleteYou have a point. But to be fair, I think the poem is not referring to people who actually call the city Bombay or Mumbai. It is referring to what they want to call it in their hearts; and in any case the whole point is about the use of brute force for certain people getting their way.
well said.....want u to add some more lines !!!!
ReplyDeleteNice one - Captures the difference between Mumbai and Bombay.
ReplyDeleteIt could probably just be nostalgia; but I would live in Bombay.
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