SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

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The gang of Five Girls ( Tina , Jelly , Nandu , Anu and I )  studying in 9th standard is bestowed the title of "PANDAV" in one of the strictest Mumbai - schools.... Want to know how Peppy the Pandav-group is ? Read on... "I am bored to the death " - Tina the leader of Pandav group. " Say something new. You are always bored to the death " - I . " OK. The News is , I m "Monday - bored" . - Tina . " I wanted to bring yesterday's leftover mutton-curry in lunch-box but Aai said - No. No eating mutton on Monday . Mutton in school never . Aai has kept the mutton-curry in the fridge , which is allowed to be eaten only on Wednesday " - Tina " What non-sense rules we have . Non-veg only on Sundays , Wednesdays and Fridays , cause all other days are god's days . Does it mean that Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays are Demon's days ?" - Nandu . Nandu is the only rational thinker among us , while other...

"I can not travel by the boat. I will be very, very sick. Let's return", cried one of our friend. We were standing at the Gorai Jetty but she did not allow us to buy the boat-tickets. We returned satisfying ourselves, with just the glimpse of the majestic Global Vipassana Pagoda . The impact of that golden glimpse was so strong that I vowed to visit it at the earliest. That was exactly an year ago, 1st January 2015.  Since then, I was craving to visit that grand Golden Pagoda. We were at my sister's home in Borivali to celebrate the new year. My sister suggested, "Let's go to Ganpati Mandir and begin our new year auspiciously with God's blessings". I added, "Yes, let's go to Global Vipassana Pagoda and pray". My nephew finalized with "You both want God's blessings. I and Aditai want boat-ride, Mamma and Papa want all of us to be happy. So let's go to the Global Pagoda by boat". That's India...

"Tomorrow's breaking news will feature our friends' spicy bytes, family members' teary mugs and our dead bodies. I will be looking uber cool in BeBe sweatshirt, Calvin Klein jeans and Nike sneakers. But what about you, a fashion street junkie?. I hope they won't focus too much on your zits". : my girlfriend is loudmouthed plus pretty face. According to her I am Peppy but Zitsy-faced. "Zits ? What's that ?" I asked . "pimples" she answered and continued "and what if they get hold of your antique wallet?. Will your wallet be an Exhibit A?. No credit card, not even an ATM card. What a shame it will be to be written off as your girlfriend on the front page of tomorrow's newspapers". I had to hear all this and much more bakwaas when I asked my hep girlfriend " Tuze Aksa beach ghooma doo ... aa chalti kya ? ". OK, fine. So I am this lower middle class boy from Khar. Did you ask "Where's that ...

" Be Positive " ... my mother keeps repeating n number of times. She has passed, with distinction so many life-threatening hurdles since her childhood. I wonder , how she still manages to " Be Positive ". Aai ( my Mother ) always pushes me to go ... give my Best and achieve Excellence. My Aai has the most positive Impact on my life. Flashback  .... January 26 , being Monday-holiday was an extension of lazy-Sunday. As usual I picked up my favorite, 'Hindustan Times' from the stack of 10 newspapers that my father has subscribed for. Thanks to my father, We have this luxury of reading 10 newspapers  daily. We have donated both our TV-sets to an orphanage in VikramGarh so we have more than enough interest and  time for reading. After browsing through the headlines, I extracted HT-Café ( HT's supplement ). ‘Super60’, whopper response to the ‘INDIA COOL CONTEST’ printed next to HT-Café’s masthead caught my eyeballs. But of course, I had emailed an art...

Our Mumbai has an extraordinary persona , an exemplary character , teamed with Fantastico Fusion  Flavor... Yes! Mumbai smells. When the Churchgate local train leaves Bandra station and chugs towards Mahim, the dark salty creek odour overpowers all the Mogras, Chamelis, Champas  worn by the ladies in the compartment. Every day it's the same story with myriad actors. That day was no different. Our train had just left Bandra station. I was expecting the usual creek odour, even crinkled my nose in anticipation. But hey, wait! What’s this? Abracadabra? Has the creek water been replaced with Tata’s eau-de-cologne? Or my nose been dreaming Flipkart's more than 50% off perfume-sale ? Aha....The source of cologne stiletto-ed in the compartment and took the opposite seat. Instinctively my stare followed her from toe, stilettos actually to her head shimmering with highlighted, silky glory of auburn hair, piled up in a chic French-Roll. I know, you are craving for details ... so ...

All of us IndiBlogger   #FlipkartKids  attendees received an email: We have 10 Flipkart vouchers of Rs.1000 each to be won. Take a picture of the coolest/most loved/cutest/fanciest toy at your home, or from the  Flipkart Kids store  and tweet it to us tagging #FlipkartKids .  As usual I went into Contest-frenzy mode. I twitted not just 1 but 3 of my most favorite toys , 1. Aamen ( all my dear readers know Aamen more than I ) with his laptop, 2. Aamen with his Santa 3. Nano-pen-drive . So ... did I win ?.  Please keep guessing.... BlueFrog , the most famous pub in Mumbai was decked up for Christmas and  #FlipkartKids  ( the launch of Flipkart Li'l Star - India's Biggest Online Kids Store )  on 19 December, 2015. Post registration , we the bloggers exchanged pleasantries, enjoyed the welcome drinks, starters, lunch and homed in on the Pods (semi-circular booths) . The pods are so cozy that we ended up gossiping ( our blogg...

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