Travelling to Bhavani for a wedding
The conversation naturally turned
To other weddings
My parents’ wedding in Coimbatore
Which the groom’s father attended as a small boy
The groom’s uncle’s wedding
Which I attended as a young boy
That was in Coimbatore, too
And of course our own wedding
On a crisp May Ooty morning
So many years ago
But as we crossed the Cauvery
And I tossed in a coin for luck
I found myself wondering if
On the other side of the country
Anyone was tossing a coin into the Chenab
For Luck