Archives for “Mumbai”
- Photo & Words by Maneesh Phatak I was born in Bombay. My first few nappy changes brought along a heady rush of smells, sights and sounds as my parents took connecting trains and planes, shifting across the length and breadth of India bag, baggage, two bawling kids and 42 wooden boxes in tow. Pathankot, [...]
I love the first snow of the season…It’s like a deja vu of the first rains back home. The glitch though is, it doesn’t smell as divine as India’s wet earth. Last year was my first winter, after just four months, in New York. And, being from a tropical country like India and a humid [...]
Moving from Muscat, Oman to Mumbai, India was like moving from a sleepy faraway cottage in the countryside to a high rise in a bustling city. Muscat is the sleepy, towny, cosy city where your friends know your grandmother’s name, where pongal is celebrated with as much fervour as is Hanukkah. While Mumbai is a [...]
….Learning new values takes a bit more time but surprisingly adjusting to life has become ongoing activity.Suddenly visiting our home town looks like a tough task whereas, enjoying exotic places become favourite past time. The weather forecast start acting as an integral part of the daily system and yes, you start liking the Dumb Doner [...]
Dsplaced soul Shattered heart Ceased breath The beat stopped. Whatever ground Unpardonable, indelible. Shaken beyond recognition And beyond beliefs. Mumbai meri jaan. - Lakshmi N.
Living in a place where people sometimes call me a madrasi (even though I have a -kar at my end!), I need to search for options – Mumbai certainly rocks. It’s a whole different life here. There is no time for people to know the life around them. Then, there is Bangalore, where some feel [...]
Displaced for me would be a state of mind when I would suddenly realize that everything I stood for is no longer valid. Everything I wanted to achieve in life does not hold any meaning. Everything that I aspire to be is just a mirage. More than places, time zones and people, for me it [...]
Mani’s Fresh Ice-Cold Chutney Maska Masala Bhutta Carter Road Karjat fog at 5 am during treks Supari Talao – football Shelling out money and sharing cigarettes Gannawalas & Golawalas everywhere Mucchad Panwala, Pedder Road Mamas and their Nakabandi – khopchyaat ghyaa Holi – oil paint, gutter water, bhaang, thandaai, chichorapan Ganpati Immersion dance with orchestra [...]
There’s so much beauty here but then I look back at all I’ve seen back home & I don’t think this is better.This is just different.I’ve moved around a bit & I think its the smells and the tastes and the feeling of home that I miss.At first, feel like a part of you is [...]
Everytime it rains, I remember sitting at Nariman point and enjoying hot Bhutta and Ayub’s spicy paneer rolls! No matter what I try when it rains here, it’s never the same! Believe me or not, nothing is as romantic as those rainy days in Mumbai!” — Nimita D., Mumbai-Michigan-Ohio