SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

                                                                                          Born and Brought up in Maximum Mumbai,  the Mumbaikars have Movies on their minds most of the times. The icing on the cake is I have lived all my life in Goregaon , where the famous Filmcity flourished. My mother religiously took us to 'Jai Santoshi Maa' , Shirdi Ke Sai Baba, Sant Tukaram, Thamb Lakshmi koonku lavate, Kurukshetra etc, while father Bachchanized us with Amar-Akbar-Anthony, Parvarish,, Mr. Natwarlal, Zanjeer , Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Lawaaris etc, I loved watching Disney cartoons, Charlie Chaplin, Bal Shivaji, Shyamchi Aai with friends, sans parents.                              ...

PEPPY  in Capital. This ' Shortcut Safaari '  was  Peppiest , cause we the bloggers were invited by one of the  Peppiest  Blogger,  Riddhi Sharma .  Till the day before, I was not sure whether I would be able to join the ' Shortcut Safaari ' due to my ill-health. But Riddhi's  Peppiness  was infectious, she perked me up. Have a look, how  Peppy , the ' Shortcut Safaari'  was! ... Full on  Peppy -Masti with the well-mannered kids ( they called us Didi, instead of Aunty ), that too in the Secret Jungle of Mumbai.  Well, by now you must be wondering Safaari is fine but what's this Shortcut, and in quote?.  ' Shortcut Safaari ' trails through  BNHS  ( Bombay Natural History Society ) Goregaon with city kids was conceptualized by  Cinematographer turned Director  Amitabha Singh .     ' Shortcut Safaari ' team  organized a  Peppy  trip for children from Nehru...