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Rajan wrote:
Nothing remains today of the St Ines we knew. The
coconut orchards are gone, the fields are gone, our
Tadmad ground is gone, even the chawl is now gone,
torn down to make way for a new concrete atrocity
.
right, Rajan
Tadmad is gone and so has Tambdimati
remember that coconut tree at Tambdi Mati, that split
into four palms in mid air
we could walk across fields and those huge PWD pipes
to reach Taleigao and then across more fields to
Calapur
The path to Kerant and Caranzalem was through radish
and tambdi bhaji fields
Now we have tar to burn our tyres on
10 minutes ONLY from Panaji to Taleigao
whats the point in going slow
nothing to look at anyway
only high compound walls
and mountains of concrete
Soiru Varde wrote in another context, but it fits
right here
Dolle kadein yeun ravli dukaa, gall-ar ekui goll-lea
na
(the tears have filled the eyes to the brim, but none
flows onto the cheek)
Awaiting death, the wounded one lies at my feet
But I wont let the greedy vultures do their dirty bit
- Pravin
Pravin K. Sabnis (cell: 9422640141)
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