Banaras

 

I haven't yet witnessed
a place
where menfolk, animals, rickshaws, trucks, autos,carts, bullocks, cattle, dogs proceed in narrow lanes
without any complains...

People are happy high...
You sit at a corner sipping kulhad chai
and someone would start sharing
their favourite Banaras story...

I stepped in and thought
what a big mess have I arrived into!
But walking past the narrow lanes..
Eating the cheap good food..
And feeling sad for ganga..

I leave banaras being amazed
by the spirit of the city..
It's filthy...
yet beautiful in its own chaotic ways...