Last Night I flew to India

 

 

A few explanations:
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bulbul.....a medium-sized songbird found in tropical Africa and Asia

rath-ki-rani... literally "Queen of the night". The White blossoms of this tree only open up in the night.

ghazal ...traditional Urdu love poem/song

dhoop... incense

chawkidar ... a watchman, usually hired by the residents of a block to patrol their streets at night; to prove that he is on watch, he raps along the fences with his long wooden stick and keeps blowing a whistle throughout the night. At first, it drives you nuts when you´re trying to go to sleep... but after a while I found it was like a lullaby and actually woke when it stopped.

Reviews

[poddar kushal]

a really moving poem. it depicts a true picture of an indian suburb