Ramblings in Mumbai Part-2
I will try to disect Mumbai through the eyes of an Hyderabadi..
Locals
Sex
Bollywood
Wannabes
Fashion Designers
Traffic cops
Best buses
High rises
Marine Drive
Taj
Locals (Local train) are the arteries,viens,nerves of Mumbai city,This city runs on them, There are 3 lines, Western,central,Harbour lines, running in N-S direction.Getting on train in busy hours is like getting first show ticket of chiranjeevi's new movie(late 80's,early 90's) and that too every day is not easy task.It is the fastest,safest,smoothest way(not confirtable) to travel places in mumbai. If any1 comes to mumbai,one should go VT(CST) station,Local platform, stand on the weighing machine around 8.30 to 9.30AM,It is a most surreal image i came across in mumbai,one will so many ppl, with almost pin drop silence except the railway annoucements.I wondered how come everybody moves without even banging on each other.One write a whole book on mumbai local train..
Sex
As mentioned in "Maximum City" by suketu mehta, one feel the sex in the air especially during nights in Andheri,JUHU..(dont ask how it smells).Cladly dressed women,Transgenders in back alleys of Andheri,The backrooms of Dance bars,The pretty girls getting in to cars from home in wee hours,I-Pill boxes on the roads,Mass Massage parlours in beaches. Life comes back to where it started :)
Wannabes
Wannabes,all i see in my place in andheri are wannabes.I dont know what drives them in to come to mumbai and try their luck even after the knowledge that chances of they hitting bollywood is less than hitting a 10 cr lottery.Seen so many wannabes trying desperately ,some selling sex, some becoming bi-sexuals,some spending dad's money, just to see themselves on the big screen(or atleast small screen).The acting courses boards overtake other hoardings.Trying despeartely to get in to eyes of prducers ,directors, Hangin on the Barista's, CCD's till wee hours, hitting gyms,joining dace classes,acting classes, belly dancing classes,watching every shit movies,waiting endlessly,going to posh discos with penny in hands,getting laid. Life is cruel out there.
to be continued..
PS: Wish i could bring Mumbai to Hyderabad and Hyderabad to Mumbai
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