Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category

But what to do. The only loo they have. Happy World Toilet Day!

And you enter the loo. And it is small. And the light is dim. Most of the flow finds it way into the hole in the ground, rather than the porcelain cavity.

Image036

Continue reading ‘But what to do. The only loo they have. Happy World Toilet Day!’

Why don’t you take part in Mr. Bombay body building competitions?

“Bugger, my thighs have become nice and hard. I was very thin before. But now my thighs and calves have become nice and strong and hard!”

“Then why don’t you take part in Mr. Bombay body building contest?”

“Shaaaks.”

“Bugger, go, take part, and tell that chic from Delhi and the other from Calcutta to come apply oil on you, bugger!”

“HAHAHAHAHA”

“You’ll win bugger, you’ll win! Then you can get a job in the police or as a railway ticket checker!”

“HAHAHAHAAHHA”

Check out photos from last year:

Mr. Bombay photo set 1

Mr. Bombay photo set 2

The fireworks this Diwali

Elections

Never have I missed the opportunity to cast my vote. General Education Academy plays host on election day, be it central or state. And dry days begin a couple of days prior. Oft, I’ve run into neighbors at the polls. I met Dr. Akshay in 1999, the first time ever that I’d voted. “Hello, Geoffery, have you come to vote?”

Yesterday, I met the Gautam mother and daughter, strong supporters of the RSS. And Mr. Jay; a Congressman.

Continue reading ‘Elections’

It has been a year

Well I guess I installed the ClustrMaps script on this blog a year ago. Maps are archived every 365 days. I’ll write about it again, next year. Cheers!

Memories of the game between Somerset and T&T

Somerset and T&T in the first ever Champions League T20 on the 12th of October 2009.

A. Rama Nayak’s UDIPI

We went to A. Rama Nayak’s UDIPI again. Since before independence. 1942. Just outside Matunga station on the east side. YO YO YO YO YO YO YO.

Image007#2

Continue reading ‘A. Rama Nayak’s UDIPI’

Mumbai in the afternoon

Photos from within an auto rickshaw this afternoon:

Image005#1

Continue reading ‘Mumbai in the afternoon’

the Auto-rickshaw bugger

Image018

He looked all of 16. He said that indeed, he had a driving license. I doubt it. A son of the soil. I enquired about his where abouts.

“Kanjurmarg. I’m from Kanjurmarg.”

Continue reading ‘the Auto-rickshaw bugger’

Cows

“cow cow cow cow cow cow see see cow cow cow cow”

“shaaaks! psyco!”

“see see cow cow see..”

“arre like this you will say or what?”

Continue reading ‘Cows’

Next Page »


SocialVibe


Blog Stats

  • 15,409 hits