Missing My City.....

So finally i get some time to sit online and visit my deeply missed blog! i think and think and think what to write about... there is sooooo much going on.... the unpacking the getting used to a new home a new city... the weather is unbearably cold.... missing home and family is what hurts more..... but the sheer exhaustion of the last few days has just blanked my mind .... so i went searching in an old blog of mine (which i never shared.... and never really will!!!) and i found this post of mine which I had written the first time i had come to jaipur post marriage....

It was about how i missed bombay.... most of the things are the same.... but a few are outdated (some places don't even exist anymore!!!)!!!! In any case i loved that post.... so i'm going to cheat and share it!!!!

I wrote it on Monday April 20th 2009

there are days when I'm traveling in Jaipur and suddenly something on the road will remind me of Bombay....


like this one day we were going for this party... all dressed up and sitting... and we drove past a flyover and something about it the road the buildings on the side just reminded me so much of andheri fly over... i actually had tears in my eyes... which no one could see.... i kept thinking this road leads to goregaon then jogeshwari then malad then borivali.....


then there was a day while brushing my teeth i felt like i was on the juhu road leading to the juhu  circle... i closed my eyes and i could actually imagine the traffic .. the autos the buses... the buildings were so real....


i miss the people for sure... but more than that i miss the city... i miss the roads the landmarks... the familiarity... knowing that there is just SV road or Linking road to get to places... knowing that there is the east and the west... this side of the railway tracks and that side of the railway tracks....


i stay on facebook trying to be connected to anything familiar... visit websites of candies and all... things that i know...


i mean i guess this is normal.. after all if u have lived ur entire life in one place... anyone would feel like this... i actually feel like i could actually draw out the map of mumbai in one sketch!!!!


i love that city... more than anything in this world.............


i love my home... i love that all faiths festivals are celebrated right outside my house!! i love Jp road... the barista rolling beans... i love link road... fame fun cinemax... cheese popcorn caramel popcorn... chilli cheese toast... china gate... malad... jp morgan chase... HYPERCITY...!!!! Le merche... where mum n spent 5000 bucks on groceries!!!! what a day!!! juhu scheme... the tree sheltered lanes... the 90 degree lanes... DJ sanghvi... vada pav at mithibhai... aishwarya at irla galli.. the crowds at irla galli... alfa the great! santacruz.. juhu beach... golas... twishi and me running on the beach.... milan subway.. my first job ever at suresh sethi's... bhendi masala and naans!! bandra bandra bandra... hillroad linking road... andora's herches' hceapjack.... carter road bandstand mount mary... the road from my old home to otters club... potpourri tiffins... hsbc bank... just round the corner... palli hill sunrise bakery... my entire life is in bandra.... mahim second job ... two boyfriends!! shivaji park... siddhivinayak temple... a few grouses im having... no one should be allowed to take over a main road in this city... worli... the ugly builidng i helped desing interiors for... for reasons of my own!! a white tata seirra.... haji ali... horses on the other side in mahalaxmi race course... peddar road... breachcandy... marine drive.. queens necklace... for real.. oberoi... not just jazz by the bay.... pizzeria... churchgate station.. my absolute fav station.... loved being alone in the crowds there.... old heritage buildings... eros regal.. jehangir gallery.. samovar... wayside inn now shut.. memories of my dad n me... eating at the general table... lovely concept... kalaghoda fest.... ballard pier... berry biryani... our fighter ship... walking there... and of course taj mahal hotel and my Gateway to India! the last thing i stare at while going off the boat to alibaug... watch it till its only a blur... and watch for it on the way back.. till its larger than life.... exactly how i love it!


like i said i love that city...