-Brian Mendonca
8.34 p m.
Chartered bus no. 4142
eases into a lane
at Kharghar Sector 10.
Office workers (male)
tumble out
hurrying to their homes.
Some queue up
at Dattakrupa's
for chapatis, sabzi
and jowar bhakri.
A 'jumbo jadu'
from Orissa
stands nearby.
Aapko ghar jaana heh
says a man to a terrier
who jumps and sits
on his scooter.
At the kerb
Rajkumar from Lucknow
sells mangos
from UP, Gujarat
and Maharashtra.
Dussehri, Alphonso,
Safeda, and kesari
Take your pick
It's the month of May.
Men hungrily eat
Rajasthani bhojan
as a grill car
stands beside a falooda cart
12.15 a.m.
A joint family returns home
the man in front
bearing a ponos
on his shoulder.
(Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
19 May 2026)
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