The Circle of Life

Oh! My Beloved
My dear Tupperware
I cannot believe
You’re no longer there

My first tiffin box
You were so true
Dozing in classes
I dreamt of you

Two chapatis
And some random sabji
Ma had decided
This is your grub, ji

No Blinkit no Swiggy
No say in the matter
No point complaining
No faltu chatter

If you don’t like it
Glance here and there
Friends ke tiffin
Are always to share

OhmyGod!
She likes gobhi mutter
While I crave her idlis
With Amul butter

Once I did lose
A Tupperware lid
My mother crrriiied
Really, she did

Do you know
How expensive they are
I saved up to buy
Complete set with jar

I look back and wonder
Such love and attachment
To pieces of plastic
Customer catchment!

The great Philip Kotler
Would definitely gloat
Brand built right
Quote unquote

Alas at some point
Their patents expired
No innovation
‘Oh, it’s so tired’

A new generation
Says plastic is bad
And then there are knock-offs
Cheaper a tad

Who has the time
For Tupperware Parties
In the age of ecommerce
Insta and RTs

No brand lasts
forever, you know
Before Ponds cold cream
We had Afghan Snow

The moral of
the story is so very clear
Change with the times
Or you disappear