My trip to Bombay on the 14th and 15th of this month was of no consequence. I hadn''t gone there to do anything. Or to escape the monstrous holi they play in the hostels. It was done for the sake of it. To give a new dimension to living with three degrees of freedom : Hostel-college-any point within 2 kms of the gate.
An it was worth it. Oh yea it was. So when Jithin and I packed our bags for Bombay and left by the Flying Ranee we just intended to do nothing. Something we don't really do!
Churchgate was busy at eleven in the morning. People all over. Busy roads. Subways wher people get in walking briskly and get out walking briskly. People selling. people buying. Beautiful buildings. Beautiful people. The air hot and humid, the sun in all its glory. A typical bright Bombay morning. And we. Wanderers an a land thats not so familiar. We went to book street. It was quite painful to see this place gone. Not that the collection was too good, perhaps just the fact that it was there. Something I've never come across in ,my stay n Bangalore or Kolkata for that matter. Walking down on every other road we'd find, we'd explore the lovely buildings, innumerable shops, talk to people. It was just ...fun!
Later we walked down to the art gallery and saw a couple of paintings. The museum looks lovely. Only, does EVERYTHING in Bombay compulsorily have to be Chattrapat Shivaji?
The colaba causeway looked inviting. Only we took the wrong turn and ended up at the Gateway! The feeling of standing in front of the Gateway is much much more than anything you get in the movies or in photographs. You just have to be there. Even the TERRIBLE kulfi was worth it!
But then, we did go back to th colaba causeway. And how I wish I could live there.
(I'll come back to it later! Both literally and figuratively)
Now Jithin's obsession with bus rides took us past Horniman (Horny man!) chowk , the RBI and the Mint. The picturesque Army navy building to the GPO. Where I dozed off, what with the wonderful hanging fans, lovely domes and the smell of old paper!
We explored the VT area and crawford maket later.
After an eventful evening (we were caught by a TTE exploring VT without platform tickets it was back to Churchgate at Mocha to meet Anirudh, who had happened to have a horrible exam that day. A chherful evening followed, and I finally tried the Guatemalan coffee! Dinner at Chowpatty. The highly over rated Pav bhaji and some orgasmic milk shake at Bachelors near the Charni Road station.
After seeing Anirudh off at eleven, we sat at chowpatty for some more time and then... a night out at cafe mondegar in the colaba causeway again! Good music...na! Make it amazing music, wonderful people, lotsa beer! What else do you want!
After one it was all over the roads again. At five, we caught the first train and rushed to the Juhu beach. It is a sight at four, what with low tide and darkness....
Now, we were tired, so we took the next train back home nd wre in surat just in time for the holi sweets and too late for the apalling holi!
Where next? any suggestions!
Meanwhile:
Current read: Catch 22 (I know its too late...)
Current Movie: To kill a mockingbird (The tears still come)
Current music: Nightwish: Nemo. Addictive song.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Happiness
How elusive you are!
At times, a distant flicker of a flame
in a dark vast field in the dark of the night.
And in the next moment, a trepidation,
Spread all over,
Like the sky.
Containing you in its infinity,
And you stretch even beyond its expanse.
Lika an ocean in a desert of abyss,
Where an exhausted man moves to drink,
Only to find anothe mirage.
Like the butterfly among a million flowers,
All crying for the fleeting presence of its wings,
on their virgin petals.
Craving for the touch of its proboscis
To taste their divine nectar.
Your mere touch, your mere feel
makes my soul shrivel up,
Curl into a compact ball and sleep gently,
Like an insomniac, dreaming all night long.
How elusive you are.
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OK...I know I havent been up here lately. Blame it on the midsems.
Anyway the good news is that I've actually managed to do well yay!
I'm back and oh yeah, big time back!
PS:
@SLNC: Sorry, will not be doing that tag...too stale!
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