Like, I remember that a few
years back, all vehicle owners were forced to change the patterns of the number
plates. eg Black letters on white back ground for private vehicles and, Black
numbers on yellow back ground for public vehicles. So many high fundu reasons
were cited for the switch; whatever happened to those / what was the pressing
need? (all letter writers \ painters had a jolly good
time, courtesy our RTO!)
Like, I think Sania Mirza has lost the
plot. So many sports lovers believed in her at early stages of her tennis
career. The sharp rise & quick fall on the circuit was sure to happen, as
(once) she started playing doubles instead of ONLY singles, in tournaments,
after initial rising; whereas the wiser one would have concentrated more on
singles! Look & compare with another contemporary sports person, (Sania’s
anagram) Saina Nehwal, to whom, playing doubles is strictly taboo till today
& look where she is today. Bravo, keep it UP & all the very best for
All England / Olympics…..& and one feels at a loss of words while
appreciating dear Leander Paes, who has recently won his 50 th doubles
title..kudos, you are a class apart.
Like, I ponder upon RTO
rule which asks vehicles to keep 30 feet distance behind a learning school
vehicle; if all comply, what would happen with the traffic situation! C H A O S
!
Like, I understand that
playing ‘Pool’ is a latest fad amongst youngsters. I say that ‘Pool’ is to
‘Billiards / Snooker’, what ‘Mumbri’ is to ‘Bridge’ and hence our young terks,
instead of wasting their time (& money & energy) on senseless games
like ‘Pool’ etc, should start playing competitive Billiards / Snooker!
Like, discerningly, there
is an over dose of Vidya – Bidya in ‘kahaani’’; but it is music to the
ears..similar to Seeta – Seetha and Vasanti – Vasanthi etc, as in Southern
regions. Unity in Diversity in our Bharat(h) des(h)!
Like, I observe either a
news paper wala or a vada pav wala or a chambhar or a stall of Aarey Milk situated
near to many traffic signal junctions in suburbs of Mumbai. Life of pedestrians
would be a lot easier, if such encroachments are done away with.
Like, I am often saddened
by closures & absence of old Irani hotels from aamchi Mumbai’s landscape,
what with memories of paani-cum chai & bun/broon maska. I always think of
many hours idled away in many such hotels in the City in the Eighties &
Nineties. Upon entering & once seated comfortably at a listless wooden
chair & round table, my favourite (and immediate) order would be four free
commodities! (Paani, Pankha, Paper & Matchis – waiter, bring Water; Fan
lagao; News Paper do aur Match Box do..to light a cigarette!) & over and
above that, ek paani-cum lao…
BIG thaaanqueee all Irani Hotels ! Miss you.
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Milind Kale, 18th August 2015
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