"Yeh hai Bombay... Meri jaan " crooned Johny Walker in the movie of the same name. When I think about the Bombay, memories come flooding back . Even 5years after leaving the city,deep down somewhere I am and I guess,will always be a Mumbaikar
--I miss those times I used to travel in the crowded local trains, precariously hanging by the door, as to the same time precariously hanging on to my life
--I miss those times I used to get down from Malad station and stroll outside to catch some mouth watering dahi kachori, vada pav( I still crave for vada pavs :-()and Samosa at M.M. Not to mention Dabheli
--I miss those times, we as kids , everyday used ot gather at the basement of our apartment building and play. right from cricjet to throball to volleyball, antakshari, dumb charads , hide and seek and what not
-- I miss those 10 days before Holi that we used to feel like hunted ont he road, and almost never entered class room without having been struck by water balloons and on the day of Holi, fighting it out with the folks of the other apartment building , devising strategies to hit as many of them from the other side of the febce as if it as an indo -Pak war
-- I miss going to watch dahi handi
-- I miss walking all the way from home to school , with the heavy school bag at the back
--I miss goign to all the fun fairs that used to be organised during Diwali and New Year time and play all those games at the stalls ( putting a ring across al the items, catching an apple in a bucket of water with a knife , and some weird card games ). and the list goes on and on
When I still think of all this, I can still smell the city. Hope to return to Mumbai some day
5 comments:
Yeah even some time I miss too
Here are the things that I miss often (other that what you mentioned)
1. Bombay Auto Rickshaw wala (person who never argues with you on Fare)
2. Good and Very well maintained transportation System.
3. Awesome variety of food at any time in a day (even @ 12'o clock at night)
And most imp
4. CROWD :)
@Aniket
I soooo agree on the crowd :P
Bangalore seems like a barren land in that aspect as compared to bombay
haven't really been to bombay..but went thr recently...luved the place ,just travelling so large distances without getting ur pockets empty, lively city and so many beaches nearby, what more can a person ask...bombay is so mast compared to bangy...
been for a week for the 1st time. my gawd crowd!
I hate bombay, its always too hot in every season except the winters, never cold enough in the winters too, every place is too crowded and if not crowded then too filthy, and if not filthy then too expensive for normal ppl, and above that too polluted
The only thing good left about the city is its transportation system is still good enough to bear the huge overload of ppl constantly flowing into the city, bus, trains and rickshaws included.
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