
She wore them to welcome the winter,
and to keep her salty eyes warm,
she saw the light of tomorrow,
to blink away yesterday's storm.





The early, sleepy 'savera', beginning with the lousy yawn by the neighbour, a 'slurp' of chai across the corridor, a 'buzzz..' of fly near the ear, a CLANK! of utensils in the kitchen, the occasional lazy screams by the 'doodhwala,*clicking* of tv channels, people sccrrrreaming for bathrooms..the radio singing..children SHOUTING..hawkers YELLING!...TRAFFIC jamming...babies crying and suddenly...I realize...it is no more a sleepy..but a much awakened and alive 'savera'...Good morning!


