Mumbai.. Meri Jaan..

U know what?? Ur first blog is like a first movie... Critics give their comments on the premiere and u never know how it is going to be unless they speak out!! My premiere is hence over; n fortunately got some encouraging comments!! Surprisingly, I could do the same thing as Amith did to me!! I have inspired 3 others to blog!! Good 4 blogspot, good 4 them as well!! ;)

Landing home at 8.30 from office is indeed bad... Especially when u sit n relax in office the entire day and just take the pain of travelling the whole of Mumbai (CST to Goregaon is almost a big chunk of Mumbai!!) still it feels as if a great deal of business is accomplished. The hangover persists till u sleep, only to wake up the next day n off to office at 8! Life sounds boring? No way... Lot many interesting things do happen in my life.


There were times when I just took a window seat in the bus n peeped out of my window to see the real Mumbai.- the rockon type as well as the slumdog type!! The irony is that our bus passes thru the best and worst parts of Mumbai in those 2 hours! I dream of owning huge flats like the ones in South Mumbai while the same me thank God for giving me all the luxuries when compared to the lives of people in those Dhaaravi slums.. Yup, dats Mumbai, u see the best as well as the worst here!!


N to see the middle class, just get into the local trains.. Get into the 5:45 BO local 4m Churchgate... Perfect!! You can see the variety- Gujjus, Mallus, Gults, Northies- u wont miss any kind!! All colourful, loud & chattering, but tired- eager to reach their home- shouting and making way for themselves.. It’s a skill u know, to take positions in the train, depending on where to get down, which side what comes, proper planning and co-ordination – commendable!! One may not understand this if he hasn’t travelled in locals atleast once. .. It’s an experience man!!


I remember when I came to know that my posting is in Mumbai – I had changed my caption in orkut – “Into the city of dreams!!” that’s what Mumbai is for many out here... My fav: Shahrukh Khan is one among them. It didn’t prove wrong 4 me ofcourse – just that am on my way to achieve them!! City has shown so many things, ultimately its upto us to imbibe them!! If you are sensitive to the things happening around, I feel you are a treasure. You can make meanings out of anything. You start admiring people of any strata. That’s when you see the joy in the laughs of the people in a row of “double-storeyed slums”;the nearby canal being their free toilets, the overhead lines being their free source of electric power... Sometimes I feel these people are the best housekeepers, when I peep out of my window to see how they have arranged a TV, bed and kitchen all in a room as small as my bathroom!! Ofcos they are the best housekeepers, whom do you think does the house keeping for the busy office-goers or the ultra modern society lady types females? Hence this ratio is invariably required!! I guess another law of nature... Something 4 u to ponder on...