Sunday Market! Poem by Ramesh T A

People flock to Sunday market from everywhere;
Bees are attracted to the flowers under the hot Sun!
Moths fly over the flame till the rain comes at dark!
Sunday market is the carnival in the time of festivities!

Nothing can stop the zeal to buy things necessary or not!
It’s a place to get top to bottom human needs all in one-
Pen, comb, belt, sari, dhoti, bag, pant, shirt and shoes!
Fashion fascinates fashion lovers among females mostly!

Fair sexes dream of shining as silver screen stars ever
And boys roam about as Romeos to feel heroine’s touch
Wearing blue jeans pants and hanging shabby shirts
To enjoy romantic comedy of their dreams in reality!

Sunday market is the weekly exhibition of the town
That attracts surrounding villagers to visit for fun!
Two main streets, Nehru and Gandhi at the centre
Crossing the town to make it a junction for the people!

Overwhelmed by fun people coolly forget what to buy;
This is the status of the country on the 62nd anniversary!
Nehru’s democratic socialism tries to compete with West;
But Gandhi’s agrarian dream promises people’s progress!

All national planning failed due to poor implementations!
Big projects and heavy industries failed due to socialism!
So far we have missed two buses to catch the world pace;
Electronic bus shouldn’t be missed as industries, S&T buses!

Economic liberalization was followed dropping socialism;
Nationalization was replaced by privatization in all fields;
Liberalization of nation has started to compete with others;
But too much politics spoils all types of systems of progress!

Nuclear weapon testing hoodwinked advanced countries;
The consequential imposition of sanction too proved nothing;
Yet, the uncertainty of the nation threatens its own stability!
The eternal corruption is collapsing the economy forever!

The nation has to go many miles to cross 30% of poverty;
60% of illiteracy, population explosion and unemployment
Problems can be solved only by fishing and agro-industries
And water problem can be solved only by interlinking rivers.

Literary, legal and administrative systems need to be reformed
For the nation to go ahead technologically to lead the world!
80% of villages need to be developed for total economic growth.
So, glamour of Sunday market can’t be the model to restore glory!