High ambitions

My friend NU posting her pictures on Wordless Wednesdays, had this view of Delhi from a descending plane.

Delhi implies some other visuals. (My comment, first in the King's language, Marathi, and then the Queen's...

(photo by Nupur Phatak)
बालपणीचा हट्ट,
बंगल्यातल्या चंदू सारखा
आग गाडीच्या सेट आण…
आज ,
पंचवीस वर्षा नंतर
खादीचा कुडता , सोन्याची चेन
घालून
विविध लागे बांधे जमवून
तो विमानातून
खूप मोठ्या खेळातल्या
खिसे खूळखूळवणार्या
शहराच्या सेटशी खेळतो …
का शेठ्शी?




Hankering after
and
pestering his mother,
for a train set,
just like that
of Chandu ,
from the Big House,
Today,
25 years later,
clad in Khadi,
a gold chain
at the neck,
nurturing his contacts
and links
he,
the boss man
sits
in a plane,
for an aerial tour;
playing
with the biggest
obscenely remunerative,
highway set.
of his life....

or should we say
a set
of "high" connections
in his life ?