My car has been doing some crazy things for two years now, leaving me confused.
This month, I realised why. It has turned 16. My Car is in the prime of its teenage years. So what exactly did my Car do?
One day I found a magazine in it. It had pictures of nude female Cars. Shocked, I stashed it back in before anyone saw me. It took me a while to recover.
Whenever I parked in my building, I left my Car with its tyres facing left. But the next day, it would be facing right, in the direction of a slender young female car preening nearby. This happened a few times.
On its fifteenth birthday, my Car demanded that I gift it a set of denim seat covers. It said it would only wear denim. Correction. It said that I should only fund the denim. Not choose it. “You won’t know the current styles,” it told me.
My Car would scrape or clang against even a small bump on the road. I didn’t get it. One day I pulled over by the side and looked under it. Its Adam’s apple had gotten bigger.
The other day I decided it was time for a man-to-man chat about life and temptations and the need to enjoy yet not be reckless. I put my arm around the car steering and said, “You are 16 now and I was thinking maybe we should talk about a few things.” It was chatting up the slender female car and was part upset, part embarrassed by my presence. “There’s no need, I know everything,” it said, blowing smoke rings through the exhaust pipe.
Friday 29 June 2007
Monsoon Spirit
They arrived late in Mumbai, but now that they have arrived, they haven't stopped. Thats monsoon this season. The weather was never such beautiful earlier. It's a season to celeberate, to have fun and spread the joy.
Though it is such a blessing, people are fearing it. They have been struck by madness. I have come across people who will start fearing if it starts raining continuously for an hour. People at home would not leave their homes in such situation while those in office would wrap up their work to return home as quickly as possible. Nothing wrong in it, but the fear that has been infused in the minds of people due to the 26/7 deluge has been more than required.
We bitch acout the authorities not doing their work, but how many people actually do their duties as a citizen of Mumbai. There are people I come across everyday who'll throw papers, plastics or wrappers on the road or will spit anywhere as if the place doesn't belong to them. The material thrown goes to the drains and blocks the drainage system. No matter how much the authorities try to clear the drains, the problems will persist until we ourselves become responsible.
Lets remove the fear by making our Cities cleaner and spread the JOY.
Though it is such a blessing, people are fearing it. They have been struck by madness. I have come across people who will start fearing if it starts raining continuously for an hour. People at home would not leave their homes in such situation while those in office would wrap up their work to return home as quickly as possible. Nothing wrong in it, but the fear that has been infused in the minds of people due to the 26/7 deluge has been more than required.
We bitch acout the authorities not doing their work, but how many people actually do their duties as a citizen of Mumbai. There are people I come across everyday who'll throw papers, plastics or wrappers on the road or will spit anywhere as if the place doesn't belong to them. The material thrown goes to the drains and blocks the drainage system. No matter how much the authorities try to clear the drains, the problems will persist until we ourselves become responsible.
Lets remove the fear by making our Cities cleaner and spread the JOY.
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