Mumbai's beat
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Each city, town or village has its own beat and no two places sound the same. It is foolish to look for one city's beat in another. But once you get a hang of the beat of a place it gets really interesting. Understanding the beat also does not mean that you have to like, you might also hate it when you feel it.
I stayed in Mumbai for only a short stretch of 5 months but that is one city whose beat I can't help admire. The sheer range, it's diversity complexity and beauty....very few beats can come even in close to that.
Spend hours in the midst of the human sea at VT, then maybe you'll feel the beauty of that beat ....
Get jostled in the IInd class local train and listen to the songs sung by those trying to earn their living dependent on other's benevolence, then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
See the hawkers at Andheri survive day after day with only two hours sleep (from 3:00 am to 5:00 am when they close shop for a break), then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
Get lost looking at the complete contrast, those millionaire homes and the beggars on the road outside, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Have those vada pavs on the street or maybe sip a cup at the Taj, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Walk the streets of Dharavi, or maybe go for the morning walk to the Worli sea-face, then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
See those hoardings at stations which make or mar movies and serials, and then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Look at those wonderful luxury cars and then the urchins that wash them, maybe then you'll feel the beauty...
Feel the swing in emotions of that person putting his everything everyday on dalal street, or the proud spirit of that girl dancing in the bar, and then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Attend those lectures at the TIFR or otherwise the Shiv Sena rally or maybe the WSF mela, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Buy those second hand books at fountain maybe then you'll feel beauty....
I can go on forever....
I've tried most of those things during that short stay and whatever remains, I will do at the first opportunity.
Mumbai to me at least, is ALIVE.
Each city, town or village has its own beat and no two places sound the same. It is foolish to look for one city's beat in another. But once you get a hang of the beat of a place it gets really interesting. Understanding the beat also does not mean that you have to like, you might also hate it when you feel it.
I stayed in Mumbai for only a short stretch of 5 months but that is one city whose beat I can't help admire. The sheer range, it's diversity complexity and beauty....very few beats can come even in close to that.
Spend hours in the midst of the human sea at VT, then maybe you'll feel the beauty of that beat ....
Get jostled in the IInd class local train and listen to the songs sung by those trying to earn their living dependent on other's benevolence, then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
See the hawkers at Andheri survive day after day with only two hours sleep (from 3:00 am to 5:00 am when they close shop for a break), then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
Get lost looking at the complete contrast, those millionaire homes and the beggars on the road outside, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Have those vada pavs on the street or maybe sip a cup at the Taj, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Walk the streets of Dharavi, or maybe go for the morning walk to the Worli sea-face, then maybe you'll feel the beauty....
See those hoardings at stations which make or mar movies and serials, and then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Look at those wonderful luxury cars and then the urchins that wash them, maybe then you'll feel the beauty...
Feel the swing in emotions of that person putting his everything everyday on dalal street, or the proud spirit of that girl dancing in the bar, and then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Attend those lectures at the TIFR or otherwise the Shiv Sena rally or maybe the WSF mela, then maybe you'll feel the beauty...
Buy those second hand books at fountain maybe then you'll feel beauty....
I can go on forever....
I've tried most of those things during that short stay and whatever remains, I will do at the first opportunity.
Mumbai to me at least, is ALIVE.
posted by Ayan Bhattacharya @ 6:40 AM
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