1) I started writing about Cricket after a long time. I write for Crickblogs.com. My first article is here
2) Got up to find that the Mumbai Mirror had featured my blog post"Mumbai Rains-July 28" on the rains on 28th. This is how it appeared in the paper.
3) Had the most amazing evening on the 28th of July. Took my mother along on a windy rainy evening to Bandstand, had some hot Bhelpuri, stood at the Bandra Fort, Gawked at Shahrukhs house, broke my umbrella due to the winds. Hoped for a tsunami to come, but the Mumbai high tide didnt live up to its hype that evening :-).
but can it be that I feel bad also? Yes..lots to feel bad and down about
a) watching Kismat Konnection last night
b) learning that IRCTC allowes only 10 transactions a month per login id.
c) I try to book a ticket on IRCTC for 3 hours and payment fails twice, and 3 times the site failed with some crappy messaging around communication failure.
Showing posts with label Bandra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bandra. Show all posts
7/30/2008
6/25/2008
Umbrella Diaries
Its scary walking in Mumbai from the station along the footpath with the mass of umbrella's that stare at you. You see nothing but colurful umbrellas all over and for a moment you feel like celebrating the rains, but the problem comes with people in a hurry with those umbrellas.
The edge of the umbrella either comes close to brushing your eye/forehead or scratches at your umbrella, throwing you out of gear sometimes and at times, exposing you in the heavy rains. You cant even see whats in front as the upper view ensures you see a mass of humanity in holding various umbrella's and a score of Mumbai's ubiquitous Black Fiat Taxis. Below you see footwear and the slush, and cant really plan your way through rain's to carefully tread the slush that lays ahead. More than that, one needs to hold the umbrella at angle so that the maximum regions of the Shirt, Pant and my carry bag, doesnt get wet(Its a got a heavy 3 kg IBM Lenovo lugging behind). So much so for travelling in the rains and singing as the Indian movie industry shows it! You do this twice a day, and I am sure all that love of rainy day songs just remain an MP3 number on your music device and do no special effects when it actually rains.
Its comfortable staying in Bandra now, with not too much water logging, but at some stage I would need to stop paying rent and buy a house. On the lookout daily in classifieds to get a house here. That would need a detailed post, so I'l get back later on that, till that try "enjoying" the rains wherever you are!
The edge of the umbrella either comes close to brushing your eye/forehead or scratches at your umbrella, throwing you out of gear sometimes and at times, exposing you in the heavy rains. You cant even see whats in front as the upper view ensures you see a mass of humanity in holding various umbrella's and a score of Mumbai's ubiquitous Black Fiat Taxis. Below you see footwear and the slush, and cant really plan your way through rain's to carefully tread the slush that lays ahead. More than that, one needs to hold the umbrella at angle so that the maximum regions of the Shirt, Pant and my carry bag, doesnt get wet(Its a got a heavy 3 kg IBM Lenovo lugging behind). So much so for travelling in the rains and singing as the Indian movie industry shows it! You do this twice a day, and I am sure all that love of rainy day songs just remain an MP3 number on your music device and do no special effects when it actually rains.
Its comfortable staying in Bandra now, with not too much water logging, but at some stage I would need to stop paying rent and buy a house. On the lookout daily in classifieds to get a house here. That would need a detailed post, so I'l get back later on that, till that try "enjoying" the rains wherever you are!
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