Poetry

India's cultural capital n oxford of the east
Is the identity acquired by the Pune city.
A hub of education n I.T. centre universal
Has now become once the Peshwa's capital.

Y2K phenomenon boosted Pune's growth
Pulling talent scattered in south and north.
Rural men n women too came in great demand
To serve the talent and obey their commands.

Rural womenfolk absorbed as maids
Mended the households and cooked their breads.
They were enlightened by power of education
That slowly imbibed slowly in them ambitions.

Mothers in the maaids made firm resolution
To uplift their families and dear children.,
By imparting them best possible education
By investing their own optimum perspiration.

Such maids in Pune toil for prolonged hours
Their struggle to improve lot of their dears
Compells every one, even strangers
To bow before those untiring mothers.

-Ratnakar D Mandlik