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Summer of 2009 - is here!

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Do you see the roads lined with multi-multi-storeyed apartments built by erstwhile co-operative societies? Do you have to pay 5000-6000 bucks a month for sharing a teeny-weeny room with 3 other people? Do you see cockroaches running on cement fake-looking non-tar roads? Everytime you dry your clothes outside, are they covered with some pigeon shit? Actually, you might feel pigeons from all over India flew in to this place. Such is their sheer population in this city! Are you always pleasantly surprised to find friendly taxi-drivers ready to take you very safely to your home (or rather your sleeping place) at 3.30 am at almost normal rates? Do normal simple idlies and dosas suddenly seem to cost almost twice they cost you elsewhere in India? And finally, has it been extremely difficult for you to get a new prepaid mobile connection while getting a postpaid connection is much simpler and hassle-free? Of course, you must be in Bombay (or Mumbai, though I dont like that) And thats where I ...

Mumbai - Continues to Burn

As I type this entry, Mumbaikars are filled with trauma. This has been the nth terror strike on this city and it just doesn't seem like these attacks would stop anytime soon. Today, the fear has spread to all cities in India. Every city in the country has proven vulnerable to such attacks. I personally feel that nothing but their own realization can stop these people from these indiscriminate attacks on the lives of innocent civilians. 26th Nov. 2008 has unmistakably turned out to be another Black Wednesday for Mumbai, or should I say for humanity!.