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Posted by Admin on February, 11, 2021
Where have you gone Bangalore
Oh where have you gone
My old Bangalore ?
The old charming Bungalow
With red bougainvillea
Framed by trees
With yellow forsythia
The city of lakes
With an abundance of shade
And tree-fringed boulevards
Like South Parade.
The cheerful smile
Of the Convent nuns
Would light up your day
Like a thousand suns
The blushing purple
Of Jacaranda
Did greet the eye from
Every verandah
Oh! where have you gone
My old Bangalore ?
Breakfast at Koshy’s after
Sunday morning Mass
And off to the jam-session
To woo the lass
Blazered school boys on
Their weekly walks
And giggling school girls in
Their frilly frocks
Oh! where have you gone
My old Bangalore?
Gone are the days of
Languorous denizens
Replaced by hordes of
Nerdy netizens
Gorgeous gardens with the greenest of grass
Buildings ravaged by time and fate
Now built-up facades of steel and glass
Of the MNC’s and the Conglomerate
Oh! where have you gone my old Bangalore ?
Thronging crowds at monstrous malls
Clogged gutters and traffic that crawls
Undisciplined vehicles driven pell-mell
Transforming the city into a living hell
Chaos of the Metro and Mono Rails
Chopped up trees and current that fails
Flooded streets and fallen poles
Encroached pavements and huge pot-holes
Racuous music from blaring mics
The cacophony of drag-racing bikes
Packs of stray dogs barking in the night
Foraging in the garbage of urban blight
Cement ghettos of high-rise apartments
Rampant corruption in Government departments
Scurrying neighbours, uncourteous and faceless
A monument to man’s thisworldlyness
Oh! where have you gone my old Bangalore ?
Frazer Town is now Pulikeshnagar
And Palace Orchards is Sadashivnagar
Ulsoor Lake is now called Hallasuru
And even Bangalore is now Bengaluru.
Art By - Seema Misra
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