Are you all at sea
To define India as you see?
It does not take a lot, you see
It only needs the two C’s
We love our movies,
Yes we do,
We love our Cricket
equally too.
The “men in blue”
and now women too
We adore them and
they know we do!
We are also movie mad,
we watch them all
for the stars, for sometimes
the story matters none at all
We look up to them, our idols
The aspirations of young minds
The glamour, the glitter, the lights, the fame
Be it the screen or the game
What they say and What they do
What they wear and Oh! the hairdo!
We follow them as they lead
Just like the lamb of Mary did
They sell us talc, they sell us soap
They tell us to what to buy and how to shop
We do that all, coz, you know what?
Didn’t you know, they are our God!
Our dads and moms,
and their parents too,
had their stars
and loved them too
Groups of kids and their dads,
gather on the road, tie up the pads,
Traffic? no stopping the wicket!
We are mad about cricket!
Every movie sets the trend,
Each song and every dance,
We prance to the music
at every chance
Be it wedding or romance,
Bollywood tell us how to dance,
Our idols tell the whole nation,
all the latest in fashion.
From times gone by and
for times yet to come
we Indians will always be
under the two C’s thumb!
Wowowow.. Cricket and cinema.. The most determining factors put into words amazingly.. Well done Meena. Loved this post very much 🙂
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They are, aren’t they? Thanks for liking 🙂
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Super cute, Meena! Loved the poem! 👏👏👏👍
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Thanks Soni! Writing a poem is not my forte. But I just gave it a shot 😉
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You did a great job!
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🙂 I feel encouraged to try some more!
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You SHOULD!
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ok……. I will try………
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Very nice poem!
(Two of) India’s defining factors!!
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🙂
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I loved this. Reminded me of a friend who also says that India is all about cinema and cricket 🙂
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Thank you Neha. I think so too. We are very much invested in our cricket and movie stars.
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Shared this on Twitter but sorry couldn’t find your Twitter id to tag you!
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Thanks. My handle is @msrandomgyaan. I am still a novice in twitter.
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No wonder Amir Khan’s Lagaan was such a huge hit. Lovely poem Meena
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Yes, Lagaan combined the two things that work in India, add nationalism to it and it will take off…… 🙂
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Very nicely written! And you say you can’t write poetry!
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😁
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Such a wonderful poem on the two important C’s- Cricket and Cinema! Lovely!!
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Thank you ishani. 😊😊
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Very nice rhyme, Meena. Loved the ‘story matters none at all’ part. Especially in South India where we are happy to see our heroes perform stunts that would be impossible even for Superman.
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I know! 😂😂. And all hit south movies are remade into hindi. So all of India doesn’t care about story. 😂😂
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Hush now! Sallu bhai will become mad 😀
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Haha!
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Lovely poem Meena . You are full of talents . Keep it up .
Rightly said Glamour, glitter n fame is persisting since ages .
Waiting to hear more from you .
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Thanks so much! Stick on to all other alphabets too
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Nice .movie buffs don’t need an excuse& cricket is more than a national sport.
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Thanks Sir for all the encouragement. 😊
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lovely writing! you ought to write more poetry, can see that you flare for it!😚😚
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Thank you. Do you indeed think so?
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