Chintito

Stumbling along with drops of Bangla

Chintito

Happy Nobo Barsho! Happy Nobo Barsho!
Arguably we rejoice on pahela just for show
New saree, boutique attire, nose paint
Spiced potato and panta not for the quaint
Fatik wonders if polao would be a big big folly

Haal-khata tale begins with 'Once upon a time...'
Business today lesser related to paisa than dime
Three thousand square feet for huzoor's chamber
His paternal bari candle-lit, the town in various amber
Bina's workplace is a seat of two bricks under a brolly

Mancha slows down further the traffic in the capital
Tempo sways away from paddy fields, rivers and khaal
Fourteen kuti wish to celebrate as the festivity bodes
But can you on a sunken stomach and in chera clothes?
Lalu has two taka from mom to buy him and Apu a lolly

Mukhosh of happiness many a mask over reality
Vanity giants treading rajpath depict vain ability
Janagan not from all walks of life dance and sing
It is barsho fourteen sixteen they are ringing in
Rahela watches the merriment recede with the rally

In the mela they sell what not, but not all throng to buy
Salam and namashkar taken over by take care and hi
Sangskriti firmly displaced by channel and internet
We'd be caught dead with a <>Bangla<> book, you bet
Taleb for one hundred taka a day vends from a trolley

Fatik wonders if polao would be a big big folly
Bina's workplace is a seat of two bricks under a brolly
Lalu has two taka from mom to buy him and Apu a lolly
Rahela watches the merriment recede with the rally
Taleb for one hundred taka a day vends from a trolley

That's a different kind of Pahela Boisakh, by golly

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