Madras Day - Aug 22nd 2020: The City that reaches out...
When Ilayaraja was our breath music, We embraced Rahman as it tucked out heart strings Yet we didn't give up Raja, MSV or the 100 before and since Vishy is our Grand Master, but, Dhoni is our adopted boss That's why he can give up being Indian captain But can't leave the city team The colonial Central is our entry space and Then we built a Koyambedu as large as it gets and speedy Metro The city prefers to saunter slow in the Marina We may rub shoulders with Nobels, Oscars, Champions Scientists, Teachers, Thinkers and Masters, and we do so But the lingo and spirit is set by our auto-drivers and fishermen Its not what we built or what we achieved That gives the city its flair or fervour, its the uniqueness Of reaching out the the world and within We reach out if it quakes in Gujarat or floods in Himalayas We reach out if cyclone hits Odisha or landslide in Kerala We reach out because that's our spirit To reach out is an extension of what we are within A world of a c