Romancing Mumbai is not a symptom.Its more of an affliction.
It begins with the kela diet.
It begins with Insomnia.
It begins with an emptiness - a gaping hole in the soul.
It begins with unrest.
It begins with desperation.
Though Romancing Mumbai puts a huge strain on the body , it peacefully numbs the mind and lets it float in oblivion.
On Good days Romancing Mumbai ends with blisters on both feet.
On bad days it ends with fever and delirium tremens.
I like the bad days better.
Romancing mumbai , as i learnt , is an acquired condition.A flashback to the 70's reveals another man ,an unemployed engineer ,out of money Romancing Mumbai the same way.He was my father.
Romancing Mumbai takes you places .It allows you to see her in a fresh perspective.
Mumbai-she is a supreme temptress, a fiery seductress who tantalizes you with grandiose dreams.
But be careful , because she is schizophrenic ...she is an extremely hard mistress to please. She makes you fall in love with you , but she never loves you back.
Mumbai hates me.She is tired .An estimated ten thousand people come to mumbai everyday so that they can start all over again.Mumbai the city of dreams hates all these immigrants , all these intruders who barge in and expect heaven to be laid at their feet.
She hates me too.I hate her for hating me, but I love her too.
It's complicated... you wouldn't understand.
I sure don't.
She hates me because I don't belong here...but I'm forced to stay .She gets even with me occasionally by making me sick , alienating me or by simply driving me insane.
Romancing Mumbai is my attempt to appease her.She is a hard mistress...pleasing her will be hard, But try , I must.Romancing Mumbai is also my choice of drug ...my novocaine , my barbiturate.Romancing Mumbai is my only alternative to alcohol which I detest.
Romancing Mumbai is my cure , a promise of panacea...
Loneliness, depression , insomnia -begone ye-for I have begun Romancing Mumbai !
i like mumbai express
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ReplyDeleteyeh gana kahaan se uthaya ???.....lol... really funny!
ReplyDeletethe song is from "bombay boys" a parody of "waltzing matilda"
ReplyDeleteFalse Starts is a series of half -baked and half written ideas and unfinished bodies of work that I plan to keep here for posterity.
ReplyDeleteFalse starts :Romancing Mumbai is (was supposed to be) a series of essays and photo galleries of my struggles in mumbai , of the struggles of everyman in mumbai.
Romancing Mumbai will live .
I will resurrect it one day.
Well, at least you feel you can Romance Mumbai. Hyderabad is a city which refuses to accept that the world is changing around it.
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