They say....therz no place ,which remains fit to return to-unchanged,unflinching,static...What we left is left behind..what we return to is always something more or less wat we have left behind......
As in my last few months in mumbai(hopefully not..) ,i realise this is not the place i wish to leave....Instead of writing a full farewell piece it could hav been easier to provide a short bibiliography about mumbai.....if u hav already read shantaram &maximum city u'll know wat i wanted to tell about mumbai but couldnt.....mumbai is a collection of thousand epiphanies enmeshed in one...set out to discover a new eatery today and u'll find the best one right next to your building which u have never seen before...
Mumbai has the worst cabbies anywhere with the best drivers.The buses are best maintained,with least number of travellers and the trains that make mumbai run are made in kolkatta!!!(need not write more on local trains as i have already dedicated a whole post in my previous blogs...)..Parties serving smoked salmon and single malts will also have in its menu an item song by rakhi !!!Apartment kissing the skies are as ugly as Jurassic reptiles ,menacingly lording over crawling newborn slums...
My most pleasant experience in mubai was this.......i had ordered a band for my spects from the cities famous spects shop...weeks later someone called to say that the band id ready......and what i all got is a band tht i hadnt ordered at all......disappointed i walked back home...there it was!!!!i found the band i wanted in the roadside shop casually lying between other funky bands ........and tht too for half its original price.........
Mumbai is at its best when some one tries to play pranks with it.......like the rain gods on 26th july ..........never expected a cup of tea and a packet of "parle biscuits " in the flooded bus at 1 am !!!Thts how the mumbaikaars are......tackle ny situation with immense control and ease .....
they say its the spirit that keeps them going.....Its just that u hav no choice but to keep going fair or foul.....hope u have a gr8 days ahead mumbai.........take care :D
8 comments:
hey....nice to c u bk to posting wayz bro....hmmm mumbai...it seriously soundz very interestin for me n many othrz in different parts out here.... d spirit n d life style n so many thingz r very fascinatin...n abt yer post...itz mast as usual...keep going!!
Hey prash_in_crush! .... a nice post on Mumbai and its strange ways of enveloping you with its happiness, struggles, despairs and optimism all at once! .... I can see that you are on your way to becoming a fine blogger! .... kudos! keep blogging!
dude.. good one .. would like to knw more bout ur own xpreience in MUMBAI. And how could u forget the chaul system and tht daba wallah's man ( especially the one who gets invited for tht grand wedding). From the post i feel Mumbai has touchd u!! hope u stay thr and get blessed by more rains in mumbai :D
keep bloggin!!
@prakash........
yeah man....feels gr8 to be in touch wit this beautiful world......wish u also would hav xperienced mumbai wen ur dad was here some time bck......
nyways......cya soon....thanks fr droppin by
@wanderer...
blessed wit the comment.....thanks buddy!!!get well soon...:)
@gujju
c whoz commented!!!!!mein aapka aabari hoon......w.r.t dabbawalas......i'm still not xperienced the typical mumbai dabbawalas......and bout mumbai......u know most bout it by now.........thanks bro.........cya soon..
so again blogs se dosti ho gayi! nice nice!! shows hw attached u r nw to d place..ive always hrd dat its a bsy place, crowded place, no time fr ppl blah blah..gt to knw d fun side of it n nw i feel lik givin a visit provided u r my guide ;)..btw was it an attempt to cal me der :p lol just kiddin buddy..keep bloggin!
@ sup...
u guessed it rite honey.....was an attempt to call u here......[:D]....and hav already told u wats in store for u wen u come here......pack up......and come offfffffffff
nice one.. admittedly its not easy to write about Mumbai in short u have portrayed its spirit well..keep it up!!
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