KANYAKUMARI

Kanyakumari is tipping

First the Gandhi memorial
Then the Vivekanananda memorial
on the rock in the sea to be
Dwarfed by
Statue of Thiruvalluvar that grew
Out of the sea recently.

A 17 ft Hanuman statue
and a Bharatmatha edifice soon.
Bill board announces.

Competition is on.
altius and perhaps fortius too.
Commerce flourishes, visitors, hotels,
Higher denser, town expands, sea line erodes
Sand dirties, rocks crack, chemical smears

Is Southern tip at the 'tipping point' already?