Mumbai meri Jaan, no
doubt about it.
This great city never ceases to amaze me.
To fulfill a promise, set out yesterniight at 1 am to show Mumbai nightlife in my Honda City.
Eastern freeway, Mazgaon, Byculla,Ali Road, Yusuf Meheraly Road, Mumbai fire brigade head office, Hotel Savoy, Sagar, Nagpada, Dimtimkar Road, Dawood past residence, Alexandra theatre, Foraas Road (Kamathipura), Bombay central, Duncan Road, Falkland Road, Delhi Darbar, Chor Bazaar, JJ hospital, Bhendi Bazaar, Md Ali Road, Yusuf Meherali Road, Phule market, Mohta market, Manish market, Crawford Market, Gulshan-e-Iran, Hotel Grant house ie Police Canteen, Haj building, JJ school of Arts, VT, Capitol, McDonald ie Erstwhile hotel New Empire, New Empire, Sterling, Excelsior, Pm Road, Fountain, Hutatma Chowk, Bombay High Court, Kala Ghoda, Jahangir art gallery, hotel Samovar (now closed down), Regal, Cafe Royal, Institute of Science, Leopold, Mondegar, Delhi Darbar, Electric House, Parsis, Colaba, erstwhile residence of Ambanis, RC church, Backbay, Cuffe Parade, Y.B.Chavan centre, Sachivalay Gymkhana, Mantralay, Sachivalay, Nariman Point, Air India building, Hotel Trident -Oberoi, Queens Necklace, Taraporewal AwIslam Gymkhana, Trap it Girgaum Chowpaty, Babulnath, Peddar Road, Jaslok hospital, Prabhu kunj Haji Ali dargah, Nehru science centre, Worli sea face Aarey dairy, Pochkhanwala road, Hotel Madhuban, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi Siddhi Vinayak, Shivaji Pdark, Mayor bungalow, LJ Road, City Light, hotel Shobha, Hotel Sarovar, Ganga Vihar, Dharavi, BEST Dharavi Receiving Station, hotel Sharda, Sion Hospital, Eastern Highway, Mulund!
This great city never ceases to amaze me.
To fulfill a promise, set out yesterniight at 1 am to show Mumbai nightlife in my Honda City.
Eastern freeway, Mazgaon, Byculla,Ali Road, Yusuf Meheraly Road, Mumbai fire brigade head office, Hotel Savoy, Sagar, Nagpada, Dimtimkar Road, Dawood past residence, Alexandra theatre, Foraas Road (Kamathipura), Bombay central, Duncan Road, Falkland Road, Delhi Darbar, Chor Bazaar, JJ hospital, Bhendi Bazaar, Md Ali Road, Yusuf Meherali Road, Phule market, Mohta market, Manish market, Crawford Market, Gulshan-e-Iran, Hotel Grant house ie Police Canteen, Haj building, JJ school of Arts, VT, Capitol, McDonald ie Erstwhile hotel New Empire, New Empire, Sterling, Excelsior, Pm Road, Fountain, Hutatma Chowk, Bombay High Court, Kala Ghoda, Jahangir art gallery, hotel Samovar (now closed down), Regal, Cafe Royal, Institute of Science, Leopold, Mondegar, Delhi Darbar, Electric House, Parsis, Colaba, erstwhile residence of Ambanis, RC church, Backbay, Cuffe Parade, Y.B.Chavan centre, Sachivalay Gymkhana, Mantralay, Sachivalay, Nariman Point, Air India building, Hotel Trident -Oberoi, Queens Necklace, Taraporewal AwIslam Gymkhana, Trap it Girgaum Chowpaty, Babulnath, Peddar Road, Jaslok hospital, Prabhu kunj Haji Ali dargah, Nehru science centre, Worli sea face Aarey dairy, Pochkhanwala road, Hotel Madhuban, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi Siddhi Vinayak, Shivaji Pdark, Mayor bungalow, LJ Road, City Light, hotel Shobha, Hotel Sarovar, Ganga Vihar, Dharavi, BEST Dharavi Receiving Station, hotel Sharda, Sion Hospital, Eastern Highway, Mulund!
1984 to 1997 was a
golden period. @ll @bove places, locations, hotels, theatres, have a bonding in
my sub conscious mind till today!
My co-passengers were
stunned, dumbfounded throughout this worldwind zip zap tour! I was doing a
running commentary throughout 3 hours. Some special, specific incidences were
told to them while we sat on Marine Drive, overlooking unending Arabian Sea.
Chatting, taking photographs n Selfues! Back home @4 am!
Yesteryears
revisited, relived!
Unforgettable
experience alongwith loved n dearones!
They were also
surprised, speechless, saying how could I know so much, remember so much, have
done so many much during those years. I have literally roamed in Mumbai,
behaving like I own it! (thanks to my erstwhile employment, whereby we had a
free n safe access. We had a moral, real practical protection during those
years, literally.
This great city never
ceases to amaze me!
A MEMOIR!
Milind Kale, 8th September 2015
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