Here's a poem I wish I had read before Christmas last month, but a good poem is a good poem anytime. It's from Imtiaz Dharker's 2014 collection Over the Moon (Bloodaxe). Mumbai? Kissmiss? Of course! Who is not knowing this,that after Happy Diwali comes Merry Kissmiss!Impossible to miss, when allovermumbai,Matharpacady to A to Z Market, rooftopsare dancing in chorusand alloverskyis fully full with paper stars.Hear! Horns are telling at midnight on every street,Happy Happy Happy! We know very wellto make good festival, and Saint Santa isour honoured guest in Taj Hotel.We are not forgetting.And allovermumbai alloverskyis fully full with paper stars.See! Tree is shining and snow (cotton-wool but looks good, no?) Small child alsoface is shining, licking icing, thismust be what snow tastes likeunder the paper stars.And allovermumbai alloverskyis fully full with paper stars.