Boat

Beginning with the first memories of this amazing thing

Over the water, Shammi Kapoor appeasing Sharmila Tagore team,

And the houseboat decorated with flowers, where both sing

Travelling to Kashmir for being in the Shikara, still remains a dream

By and large, boats represent dreams of everyone who enjoy floating

Operating as a key bread winner,  the house-boat are given illustrious name

Attracting the toursits, the Kashmiri houseboats  are fascinating

Travel made easy, availability of essential has added to its fame

Boosting the business in the state of Kerala is the boat race

Originally called the Snake boat competition, it adds to many dreams

An adapted game is played at the International level at Olympics for many days

The level of competition is intense amongst all participating teams

Books of history is a testimonial of the vision of the great Maratha warrior

Open waters were a threat to the attacks of foreigners, he warned

Attack on Mumbai in 2002 through the small boats, entering the city without barrier

The visionary Maharaj advise to form a strong Naval base, yet to be adorned

Being a child of the nineties, making a paper boat during rainy season

Observing it sail for some distance before getting sogged and drowing somehow

All that innocence in discussing the science of float without any reason

Today, those talks of innocence kindles the memories as if it's happening now

Because our country is surrounded by water on the three side(s)

Often the fishermen community use it as a prime source of earning

Also, they still use traditional methods of constructing a boat with pride

Though they desire but fail due to lack of knowledge and fear of changing