MY JOURNEY When one talks about a journey, we usually start from one place and end at another. In the last 25 years I have made a journey that started and continues to be in the same place. While I have held stead-fast to who I was, the place has changed. And it is not […]
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Mumbai Heroes – Silver Lining!
This city has taken what I had …my pride but returned to me something I had lost…respect for life. My love for bikes had compelled me to take a joy ride on a junior’s bike. Negligence of the municipal authorities coupled with my overconfidence made me lose control of the machine and sent me flying […]
Big Muscles, Bigger Heart!
So, this about a boy who grew up in an area called Wadala in Mumbai, born to a simple Maharashtrian home where the lady runs the house and the man runs a shop. Now this ‘79 born, around in the 7th or 8th std. of Shri Bansidhar Agarwal Model School, out of young boy curiosity visits a local vyayam shala (local gym in some people’s […]
OCOW Diaries – That Strange Smile!?
Have you ever tried asking for directions in any city other than Mumbai?? “Bas yaha se ek ya do kilometer ki doori par hai” (It’s just a kilometer or two away from here) If you are true Mumbaite, you will find it strange, and you will ask again, “kitna time lagega??” (How much time will […]