It's August
India's turned 60
So what's it like?
How poised are we?
Where do we go from here?
How much more hype?
What's the buzz... tell me what's a -happening
that's still the mantra of
the man and women 
in the street
The water's there
knee-deep
in some places chest-deep
the 'chines' food roadside stalls
the vibrancy of the ordinary person
new aspirations
new wants
new frustrations
and there's a new aspirational language
in the land of Hind
it's called English
