A Haibun:

Haibun, is also a Japanese literary genre in which a prose narrative is combined with Haikus. It is usually an account of a travel or some event. We were taken for a day expedition to Golkonda fort and then asked to write a Haibun about the trip. Here is that Haibun:

Haibun- Trip to Golkonda

It is 9:30. Almost all are here. We are waiting for some people. I am thinking of booking my return tickets. The very thought of climbing three-hundred steps of the Golkonda Fort makes me tired already. My inherent laziness makes me feel tired before I start. At the foot of the fort, we by ourselves hats to protect us from the unusually hot sun.

A poor young mother
Begging in vain for her child
Shaming affluence

The entrance of the fort is very huge. It has a big gate where they check tickets. Carved at the top of the gate are the frescoes of a lion and lioness. But they look very similar to each other and it is not easy to differentiate between them. As we enter the fort, we see fortifications and elephantine rocks lost in unknown antiquity. The fort is well maintained and clean. There are mending works going on, but on an ancient structure, the modern mending work looks-
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