Of Paradoxes and Irony

City where skyscrapers dwell with the slums
Where the oranges are sold along with plums

City where life zooms past in fast pace
Where the traffic crawls through every inch of space

An extreme where the skyline is garlanded with a queen’s necklace
Where load shedding is the hidden face

Where dreams are sold in heaps
In a city that never sleeps

A city that is indifferent to one’s existence
But also a city that stands together when needed respecting every nuance

A city that pays the nation’s one third tax
On the streets where beggars are in hordes and packs

A city where movies are made and stories are told
A city that slaps reality at every threshold      

Where money remote controls the emotional tyranny
Welcome to Mumbai - A city full of paradoxes and irony