Everyday when I get down at CST station (Mumbai ) I come across the beautiful azad maidaan , filled with aspiring cricketers , who toil hard in the sun to get noticed by a scout,
Then there is one corner of the ground , which will be occupied by a group( or can be called a crowd) of people , hurling flags ,of the colour red ,blue ,green or yellow. Staging a dharna(protest march) , with a very bad speaker screeching on top of his/her voice over the mike which is not understandable at all due to the low cost speaker or the speaker itself.
The crowd , mostly 99 out of 100 times , would not be from Mumbai. Do not excuse this gesture of mine for a superiority complex of being a mumbaikar( mumbaikars have no superiority or inferiority complexes).
I would catch a cab just from out side the protestors gate. Just as an icebreaker , I would ask the cabbie "what's happening here today?". 99% of the cabbies response would be, "kya maalum Roz ka hai". My next question would be "itna time kaise milta hai yeh sab karne ke liye"
His response would be "Mumbai ke nahi hai" or "inke pass kaam nahi hai"
One thing I have known all my life that, a hard working mumbaikar , no matter if rich or poor, will be respected by a fellow mumbaikar ,no matter rich or poor.
Dharna sirf delhi waale karte , Mumbai waalon ke paas kaam hai.
Bura Duniya Ko Hai Kehta, Aisa Bhola Tu Na Ban
Jo Hai Karta, Woh Hai Bharta, Hai Yahan Ka Yeh Chalan
Daadagiri Nahin Chalne Ki Yahan, zara haske , zara bachke , Yeh Hai Bombai Meri Jaan
Then there is one corner of the ground , which will be occupied by a group( or can be called a crowd) of people , hurling flags ,of the colour red ,blue ,green or yellow. Staging a dharna(protest march) , with a very bad speaker screeching on top of his/her voice over the mike which is not understandable at all due to the low cost speaker or the speaker itself.
The crowd , mostly 99 out of 100 times , would not be from Mumbai. Do not excuse this gesture of mine for a superiority complex of being a mumbaikar( mumbaikars have no superiority or inferiority complexes).
I would catch a cab just from out side the protestors gate. Just as an icebreaker , I would ask the cabbie "what's happening here today?". 99% of the cabbies response would be, "kya maalum Roz ka hai". My next question would be "itna time kaise milta hai yeh sab karne ke liye"
His response would be "Mumbai ke nahi hai" or "inke pass kaam nahi hai"
One thing I have known all my life that, a hard working mumbaikar , no matter if rich or poor, will be respected by a fellow mumbaikar ,no matter rich or poor.
Dharna sirf delhi waale karte , Mumbai waalon ke paas kaam hai.
Bura Duniya Ko Hai Kehta, Aisa Bhola Tu Na Ban
Jo Hai Karta, Woh Hai Bharta, Hai Yahan Ka Yeh Chalan
Daadagiri Nahin Chalne Ki Yahan, zara haske , zara bachke , Yeh Hai Bombai Meri Jaan
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