Monday, February 22, 2010

Earlier they, in Delhi, called me a ‘Madrasi’.
Now they call me a ‘Mallu’
Neither ways I am happy
Then I went to the Malayalee welfare
There they advised me for my identity
They sent me to the Christian Quota,
When I reached there
I was directed to the Catholic section
Then, when I reached there, they directed me to identify myself with
Syrian OR Latin
I fell on the Syrian line
Then they segregated me with Syro Malabar & Syro Malankara
I was thrown into the Syro Malabar wing
Then they looked for my badge of Knanaya Or Others
I stood with the Others, then came if I belong to which diocese…

Tired …. I went back to my Origin, where I had friends from all sections… But then

They kept me at a distance with the title “Delhi wallah”

1 comment:

mary mathew said...

this was a very nice piece...shlould be titled the disillusionment of a mallu migrant