SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

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...

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...

"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 ...

Your attention please ! Peppy  ' Tapori '  speaking . Majority of Mumbai's population is in the teenage bracket. It's natural to communicate with you in your ' boli ' , and your ' boli ' is ' Tapori '. Thanks to the generally exhilarating mood of youngsters, Tapori sounds Peppy . Once upon a time . Queen's English was considered as classic . Time flies fast ; accordingly the language went through peppy , roller-coaster-ride. The newspapers so far considered the guardians of ' Lingua-Pura ' , don't shy away from publishing articles chock-a-block with kewl , wassup , yo , ya , whatever , hey , chill pill , uber cool , snobs , chicks , dude , fultoo , item , hifi , cutting etc. Aamir Khan's ' Ghulam - song ' Ae kya bolti tu ' initiated the trend of ' Tapori ' in Hindi films and Munnabhai's ' bole to ' added momentum to the bandwagon. Mumbai , the city of dreams and dreamers , welcom...