Written for a colleague who was leaving. A fellow trainer, and just like me, raised in Britain of Indian descent. She was moving to a new role in the Training Department of a major retail chain. (Names have been changed).
Nitu's Going Places
By Fahim Firfiray
London, SW1X, June 2007
Nitu's off to Debenhams
Or so she'll have you believe
But that little ruse
Is just to deceive
Watch this space
She'll soon be seen
Magnified high
On silver screen
She's off to Mumbai
On a very plush liner
Where a Bollywood moghul
Is waiting to sign her
Exotic costumes
Sychronised dancing
Billions of Indians
She'll soon be entrancing
Ashwariya Rai
You'd better watch out
Shilpa Shetty
There's competition about
So the next time at home
When skimming through Sky
Stop at those channels
You always pass by
Go straight to Zee Cinema
Seven nine zero
Where you may well catch Nitu
In the arms of a hero