After so many days I went to VJTI and met some old friends.... while coming back I had the privilege to travel in a local @ the peak time... This is one privilege I am very much scared of these days but That's how Mumbai works..... You have to bury all your fears to survive in this city only to find in the end that it's one of the safest cities in the world
Anyways from Bandra station somehow I made it in the second class compartment at around 7 PM..... Just when i entered, I found a delhite in the compartment boasting about city Delhi.... Everyone in the compartment was listening and noone dared to object.... May be the whole day @ work drained out all the energy or They just did not want to be Against North on any subject.... Even that can be a breaking news in Indian Media these days.... Neways So here we were on the mercy of a delhite trying to teach us "How to live our Life..." and on other hand we thinking How to make him leave our common lives...
Just then on the next station a Sardarji entered the train ... Now the delhite suddenly got a boost.... He got an ally to a battle he was fighting alone till now..... So here what happened next....
Delhite : "Mumbai me sab bheed bhad hai.... asli sheher to dilli hai"
Sardarji : "Maaf karna bhaisahab, par aisa hota itne log yahan kya zhak marne aaye hain..."
D : "App kuch bhi bolo Indiaka pet yahan hai par Dil to Dilli me hi hai"
S : "Dil ki to tab yaad aayegi na jab Pet bhara ho...."
And then there was a huge roar.... Even i couldn't help to smile.... Delhite suddenly got the urge to get off at Vile Parle.... may be he'll be on the next flight to delhi....
Sometimes I feel it has become a fashion to curse mumbai..... when there is nothing to show on a news channel, they show mumbai ... They must be disappointed about the lack of spice in the news from mumbai these days.... and of course delhi is proving worthy contender with Commonwealth games looming large....
Sometimes i feel that the media in India is the most negetive media.... when i watched US media one year back I suddenly felt the difference.... No crap "Breaking News" No "Super Villians" trying to destroy the whole society....They actually discussed a common meagre issue in american life most of the times..... and that made them boring of course... But for Indian media the definition of the Breaking is the negative news....
For a person living outside mumbai, it's the worst place to live.... and News channels, Bollywood or even Hollywood does not help much either... It's only the difference of perspective... that's what's wrong in most of the cases....
after all, If you stand in the middle of India facing delhi then Mumbai can never be on the right side .... Right?? you just have to face it only to find it near your heart......
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