sushobhan
Sushobhan Sanyal
A CITY where everything is possible Especially the impossible
Where lovers first love and then marry,
Where there is place for every Tom, Dick and Harry
Where telephone bills make a person ill,
Where a person cannot sleep without a pill.
Where carbon dioxide is more than oxygen,
Where the road is considered to be a dustbin,
Where college canteens are full and classes empty,
Where Adam teasing is also making an entry,
Where a cycle reaches faster than a car,
Where everyone thinks himself to be a star,
Where skyscrapers overlook the slum,
Where houses collapse as the monsoon comes,
Where people first act and then think,
Where there is more water in the pen than ink,
Where the roads seesaw in monsoon,
Where the beggars become rich soon,
Where the roads are leveled when the minister arrives,
Where college admission means hard cash,
Where cement is frequently mixed with ash.
Yeh hein mumbai meri jaan,
But don't fear, just cheer,
Come to Mumbai every year !
24 things that prove you're a Mumbaite
1.You say “town “ and expect everyone to know that this means south of Church gate.
2.You speak in a dialect of Hindi called ‘Mambaiya Hindi’, which only Mumbayites can understand
3.Your door has more than three locks.
4.Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
5.Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
6.You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
7.You call an 8’ x 10’ clustered room a Hall.
8.You’re paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it’s a “steal.”
9.You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, and office friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only in Bombay.
10.Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road, Peddar Road, Altamount Road
11.Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket, which you follow passionately.
12.The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the ”Bombay Times” supplement.
13.You take fashion seriously.
14.You’re suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
15.Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
16.You compare Mumbai to New York’s Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.
17.The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
18.You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santa Cruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport
19.You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
20.Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
21.Being truly alone makes you nervous.
22.You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ‘romantic’.
23.Only in Mumbai, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.
24.You call traffic policemen as ‘Pandus” and expect out-of-towners to understand that.
I love Mumbai
Woh elco ki pani puri,
woh chowpatty ki chaat,
Woh Naturals ki ice cream,
Wah usme thi kuch baat.
Woh tiwari ki mithai,
woh raste ka dosa,
Woh shivsagar ki pav bhaji
aur Guru Kripa ka samosa.
Woh local train ka 'suffer',
woh juhu beach ki hawa,
woh chowpatty ke tange
aur joggers park ka sama.
Woh december ki zara si sardi,
woh baarishon ke mahine,
Woh garmi ki chuttiyan,
jab chuthe the paseene.
Woh holi ki masti,
woh navratri ka garba,
Woh divali ke patakhe
aur ganpati ka shor o sharaba.
Woh peak hours ki traffic,
woh BEST ki rush,
Woh tadapti garmi mien,
Snowmans ka ek kala khatta slush.
Woh Juhu beach ka mohol,
woh samunder ki leheren,
Woh doobte suraj ka nazara,
Wah uska kya kehena.
Woh Sterling ka popcorn aur
Cotton World mein shopping,
Woh Fashion Street ka nazara
aur Nariman Point ki building.
Woh cinema ke queue,
woh black ki ticket,
Woh Shivaji Park ka maidan,
jahan practice karte the cricket.
Itni cheezen kehene ke baad,
aur kitni karoon mein badai,
Yeh shehar hain mera apna,
jiska naam hai MUMBAI !!!!!!!!
Where lovers first love and then marry,
Where there is place for every Tom, Dick and Harry
Where telephone bills make a person ill,
Where a person cannot sleep without a pill.
Where carbon dioxide is more than oxygen,
Where the road is considered to be a dustbin,
Where college canteens are full and classes empty,
Where Adam teasing is also making an entry,
Where a cycle reaches faster than a car,
Where everyone thinks himself to be a star,
Where skyscrapers overlook the slum,
Where houses collapse as the monsoon comes,
Where people first act and then think,
Where there is more water in the pen than ink,
Where the roads seesaw in monsoon,
Where the beggars become rich soon,
Where the roads are leveled when the minister arrives,
Where college admission means hard cash,
Where cement is frequently mixed with ash.
Yeh hein mumbai meri jaan,
But don't fear, just cheer,
Come to Mumbai every year !
24 things that prove you're a Mumbaite
1.You say “town “ and expect everyone to know that this means south of Church gate.
2.You speak in a dialect of Hindi called ‘Mambaiya Hindi’, which only Mumbayites can understand
3.Your door has more than three locks.
4.Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
5.Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
6.You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
7.You call an 8’ x 10’ clustered room a Hall.
8.You’re paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it’s a “steal.”
9.You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, and office friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only in Bombay.
10.Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road, Peddar Road, Altamount Road
11.Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket, which you follow passionately.
12.The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the ”Bombay Times” supplement.
13.You take fashion seriously.
14.You’re suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
15.Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
16.You compare Mumbai to New York’s Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.
17.The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
18.You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santa Cruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport
19.You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
20.Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
21.Being truly alone makes you nervous.
22.You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ‘romantic’.
23.Only in Mumbai, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.
24.You call traffic policemen as ‘Pandus” and expect out-of-towners to understand that.
I love Mumbai
Woh elco ki pani puri,
woh chowpatty ki chaat,
Woh Naturals ki ice cream,
Wah usme thi kuch baat.
Woh tiwari ki mithai,
woh raste ka dosa,
Woh shivsagar ki pav bhaji
aur Guru Kripa ka samosa.
Woh local train ka 'suffer',
woh juhu beach ki hawa,
woh chowpatty ke tange
aur joggers park ka sama.
Woh december ki zara si sardi,
woh baarishon ke mahine,
Woh garmi ki chuttiyan,
jab chuthe the paseene.
Woh holi ki masti,
woh navratri ka garba,
Woh divali ke patakhe
aur ganpati ka shor o sharaba.
Woh peak hours ki traffic,
woh BEST ki rush,
Woh tadapti garmi mien,
Snowmans ka ek kala khatta slush.
Woh Juhu beach ka mohol,
woh samunder ki leheren,
Woh doobte suraj ka nazara,
Wah uska kya kehena.
Woh Sterling ka popcorn aur
Cotton World mein shopping,
Woh Fashion Street ka nazara
aur Nariman Point ki building.
Woh cinema ke queue,
woh black ki ticket,
Woh Shivaji Park ka maidan,
jahan practice karte the cricket.
Itni cheezen kehene ke baad,
aur kitni karoon mein badai,
Yeh shehar hain mera apna,
jiska naam hai MUMBAI !!!!!!!!
