Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan
Reaching Borivli at mid day and still not knowing where am I really going to stay,not even where can i dump my bags for the moment, I ended up calling almost everyone I know here...including boss (who's also lovingly reffered to as Daddy/Babaji - bec of his ever prospering beard) - Alankar Jain, my seniors from SIMC, some brokers and finally some FTII friends.
Thankfully office is open even if its a sunday, and i can keep the bags there and trust god to find me a place to stay...
(God exists and didn't let me down)
So in celebration off i go to Mondys with Nivedita and Amit and a treat (from :( me) is on d way...this is one place which is to be felt and experienced,seen and smelt, heard and absorbed
Next stop marine Drive - ice cream and some new found friends - for a half hour - Pinky, Rekha, Ami and Ajay - PInky would be barely 6 or 7 ears old ad came to us to sell the last of her day's tired, drying, dying, withering roses, i couldn't resist asking her name and taking a picture. The little girl got very delightled and wanted more pictures and the other 3 - her friends - followed suit.
All of us - Amit, Nivedita, PInky, Rekha, Ami, Ajay and I - ended up talking and taking pictures for the following half an hour. I hope to see them again at Marine Drive;soon.
The next halt was a minute away The Marine Plaza - the food there - all possible grains put in a transparent glass cylinder;all put to a designer use - a glass of Bournvita for 60 INR; having met those kids right outside barely 2 minutes ago, it depressed one even more to see all the food here going to go waste or put to a decorative use!
Moving on to bandstand at Bandra, the police deemed it unfitfor us to be out at 0230 hrs in the night/morning so we headed to the IIT Powai campus to sleep.
The day or night, I don't know which, ended on a note of a lot of mixed emotions and I only look forward to more such encounters with emotions I can't identify or name correctly.
The photo album will tell you the sme story in pictures...some too clear, and others too hazy...just like the day
