Punj By Marriage, Bong by Nature
Aah! The woes of cussed taxonomy!!
You've caught me out squarely, oh mon ami!
Fie! I looked for the stereotype
For each community, a shorthand hype
The Southies think, the Punjus farm
Arty meanderings, the true Bong's charm
The Banias thrive, then, in parsimony
In saving taxes, Parsis find money!
And along comes a babe, truly ecletic
Makes me feel, a social dyslexic
Breaking my cast(e)s, and pigeonholes
In her long journey, lie a myriad roles
From the City of Joy, to the City of Steel
Onwards to Bombay, the City of the Deal
Blessed in the middle, by the desert air
She walks then on, to the Lion's lair!
Our protagonist, Nonetheless Nandini
Makes big news with her matrimony
When Five Rivers run on to Hooghly,
Social maths get stumped, by a googly!
A muse is then entitled, you will agree
To raise an eyebrow, to such pedigree
When attractions turn, so very fatal
Is it any wonder that Mush courts Atal?
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