Bihari



Abey o bihari, gaadi dekh ke chala na!

"Where are you from?"
Stiffen up.
Lie, maybe?
Plus Mumma's from there -
Not Papa.
"Gwalior."

Yaar ye toh bihari hai ekdum.

A student asked,
"Maam where are you from?"
"Bihar", Mumma replied.
"You don't look Bihari at all"
Sucked in her breath, winced,
Laughed, maybe?

"Bihar is a bimaru state - the worst state in India so to speak"

I thinks of her childhood,
The roads of Chhapra,
Weekend trips to Patna,
Mausis bungalow in Muzzafarpur -
All left behind in the bimaru state.

Yaar bihari jaisi harkatein na kar.

"Where are you from?”
Stiffen up. Defensive stance. 

"Bihar."
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