City Series – Delhi’s Bandaged Heart, Around Town City Poetry General by The Delhi Walla - July 13, 2012June 3, 20156 Poetry in the city. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Are you a poet? Do you secretly compose poems? Yes? Can I meet you? The Delhi Walla is starting a series called ‘Delhi’s Bandaged Heart’. The purpose is to search for our city’s lyrical soul. I hope you will be kind enough to share one of your poems with me – and if it is not in English, you will please help me translate it. Your poem can have five lines, or ten lines. The length is of no consequence. Your poem can be as moving as Mir’s verses, or not. Critics aren’t invited. Your poems might never have been published. It does not matter. Just meet me. Please contact me at mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com. Meet the poets 1. Ekta Talwar at The Book Shop 2. Jaideep Warya on the Ring Road 3. Chandni Singh in Reading, UK 4. Job at BKS Marg Subway 5. The Delhi Walla at the Munirika Bus Stop 6. Manika Dhama in Connaught Place 7. Anna Akhmatova outside Tihar Jail 8. Shahwar Kibria in South Extension-I Market FacebookX Related Related posts: Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Chandni Singh, Janakpuri & Reading Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Manika Dhama, Connaught Place Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Akhil Katyal’s Poem ‘He was as arrogant as a Chattarpur Farmhouse’, Jangpura Extension Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Esha Rajan, Najafgarh Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Job, BKS Marg Subway
What makes Delhi move is the army of Auto Rickshaw aka Tuk Tuk. Bring on the Shayari from the back of auto, trucks and cinema hall boundary wall. “Dekho yahan gadha moot rha gai” … lolz ‘aisay na dekh warna apna bana loon ga’ ‘dekh magar pyar se’ ‘khushboo laga ke’ ‘kaajal ko jaane do’ ok, tata, bye bye …
‘zindagi ke udaas lamhon main bewafa doston ki buhat yaad aati hai’ …lolz ‘Rinku, tinku, te Minku di Gaddi’ … :p
come on friends, tell us ki Agar aap ke paas auto rickshaw hoti tho ooskey peeche aap keya likhwaate? sample some more sadak-chaap auto n truck shayari…lol kache ki RANI Packe ka Raja ..milana ho to Delhi Aa ja.. lol famous sher back side of Truck. “Khudi ko kar buland itna k har taqdeer se pehle, Khuda banday se khud poochay bata teri raza kia hai” Na ched Malangni Nu. .. punjabi Na ched Malang Ko. .. in HIndi… ha ha ha Dont tease the rowdy me … lolz Te Kar De Move Kaka Puch Kyon Rya Ain sawari labay na labay speed assi nabay ( 80 , 90 ) Tu Langh Ja, Sadi Khair Hai Tata Ka Baap, Nissan Ka Nana.. Yeh Rickshaw Chala Raha Hai Ladka Deewana Baybasi. Tum Na Jaan Paoo Gay deewana ne yeh kia thaan li hai