A Poem In The Bazaars of Hyderabad

In The Markets of Hyderabad is a lively, vibrant poem explaining the markets of Hyderabad. This poem was written throughout the British Guideline when Indians were asked to boycott foreign products and buy products from traditional Indian fairs. Throughout this time, publication of Indian newspapers was banned so she might have thought the finest method to spread out the message to individuals was through her poems. In The Bazaars of Hyderabad starts with a question from the poet to the merchants in the marketplace about what they are selling.

The merchants reply that they are offering silver and crimson colored turbans, purple brocade tunics, mirrors framed in amber and daggers with deals with made from jade. The first verse ends there.

The next stanza has to do with another stall and the very same concern is asked by the poet to the suppliers about what they are weighing and offering. Saffron, lentils and rice are being offered by the suppliers. The poet asks the maidens what they are grinding and she gets a reply that they are grinding henna, sandalwood and spices.

Simultaneously they make gold girdles for dancers and sheaths for kings to keep their swords. The poet visits a fruit shop in the fourth stanza of the poem In The Bazaars of Hyderabad.

There she enquires about what they are selling. They tell her they sell lemon, pomegranate and plum. Then the musicians are asked what they play and they say sitar, sarangi and drums are played. She even comes across magicians and asks them what they are chanting and they say that they are chanting magical spells to charm thousand ages to come. The final stanza is about the flower girls who are asked what they are weaving with strands of red and blue flowers. The girls reply that they making garlands for bride and groom to decorate their bed for their wedding night. They are also weaving sheets of white flowers which are placed on graves for fragrance purposes. In The Bazaars of Hyderabad is lucid and vivid in language. It creates beautifully a colorful picture of the bazaar in the minds of its readers.