In a city that never sleeps I can hear a night passenger getting off at the gates of our colony... probably a girl working in the call centres in the west... who else would wear heels that clatter so loud when u walk! If I pin my ears, I can probably count the number of steps she'd take home!
Here is the horn of a mumbai local! Probably starting its day on the tracks of an overcrowded city!
How different life is at 5 am! If u r at Colaba or Fountain; this is probably the only time of the day when u will realise how broad the roads are... and how magnificent the buildings!
I love travelling at night; for the weather is much cooler and the roads more friendly! I love the silence in the air; the lack of horns... The coolness of the wind; the lack of exhausts...
I love Mumbai for the Heritage and history it carries, and life and spirit it represents!
Yes; I would love to see the civic bodies be more sincere and have better foresight in their planning... I would also love to be in Mumbai and enjoy the rains without wading in knee deep waters... I would love to be able to travel at least at an average speed of 20 kph within the city... And yet, till the day these dreams dont come true, I shall continue to love this city, for it has been my childhood home...! For I had seen the red doubledecker busses of BEST before the ones I saw in London... For I had spent countless holidays bunking school coz the roads were flooded... For I still remember travelling to school at a fare of 25 paisa half ticket.. and Ek Rupaiya wada pav's in the canteen!
Its 5 am.. and I am still awake... The beauty being that any Mumbaikar reading this will know, understand and smilingly nod his head and say... Do ghante so jaa; 8 baje kaam pe jaana hai!
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