Namma Chennai..ethavathu panra vennai

I wanted to shop once and went to T nagar

Couldn’t get a place to park my car

The area was so noisy and crowded

Pickpockets and perverts would have loved it

I wanted to spruce my car up and went to Pudupet

Managed to find a parking spot and parked it

Bought everything from tyres to car horn

By the time I got back, alas my car was gone

I wanted to get religious and went to Mylapore

More people on the roads than sand on the shore

Realized that it wasn’t just a temple

A gossip hub, lovers spot, business place – cheap and simple

I wanted to get some breeze and went to Elliots beach

But alas the stench got to me even before I could reach

I walked the pebbled pathway by the roadside

And watched in disgust at the debris washed away in the tide

All the places in chennai seem to be gone for a toss

And all the people seem not bothered by this humongous loss

What we enjoyed for so many decades is slowly going and gone

Aah what do we care, but ponder as to which road to spit upon