It’s time to celebrate, for the special day in August has come
Having grown in perfection, a household name it’s become
It is young, it’s Nine and it is jolly good loved and thriving
The Birthday week has begun and the whole team is jiving
A journey of nine years underwent several changes
The Asian Weekly proved itself & covered all age ranges
From Hermina, Vikash, Hussein, Simon, Kamal, Caine & more
With time joined the wagon Dhruv, Ravneet, Javed to score
A journey of being called a paper, a mag & a paperzine
It has taken many pains covering all varieties of scene
Business, culture, sports, books, movies and a lot more
Kajal’s Health corner, Sehmi’s Fashion from all shore
A journey of overcoming all cast & creed, and skin types
It is Hindu, It is Muslim, It is Sikh, and it is Christian in all vibes
Leaving behind none, the Jews, Ismaili, and the Parsis
The Gujju, The Punju, The Sindhi, The Goan is all its tribe
A journey from being a new comer back in August 2010
It overlapped in circulation thousand fold from a 30,000
Increased readership, enhanced friendships & business
Covering events International and supporting ventures
A Journey from rising and falling and again lifting up its head
It left behind The Sunday in good spirit and tickled Airwaves
Kudos to this literally priceless community builder of sorts
With a free door to door delivery with no quality cut shorts
A Journey from the ordinary to becoming so special
Each community loves Asian Weekly for being impartial
Treating large and small groups always as an equal
Its publications have helped unite people to be social
by Sikiladi
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Written for and published in The Asian Weekly, Edition 470 (Aug 23 – 29) 2019
To commemorate 9th Anniversary of TAW
Sikiladi 