Hastey Raho

Laughter they say is the best medicine. To survive the fast pace and high pressure lifestyle of the city life one needs to develop a good sense of humor. Developing that funny bone ain't too difficult in a city where infuriating things keep happening around us and sometimes even with us i.e. that incessant honking, garbage seeming to fall from the heavens above, your boss who seems to fly over the traffic to reach just before you make it to work...You get the hang of it!So all I'm asking of you city rats is to join the bandwagon and have a good laugh. Remember Boman Irani from Munnabhai MBBS & his laughter therapy to deal with his hatred for Munnabhai urf Sanju baba...

Here I've listed a few funny incidences & observations specific to Mumbai that made me laugh. I hope they make you smile at least :). If you have some of em' you'd like to share do feel free to add them...It need not be Mumbai specific, it's just got to be original and yes-funny...


Bhagooo!
One day a police officer from a small & quite village close to Meerut got a transfer to Mumbai.He was awestruck by the sheer sea of humans that flowed unrelentingly...He had heard quite a bit about the life in big cities especially about it's fast pace...But he was quite stunned to see that people were literally running all the time.Maybe he thought this could be their way of keeping fit. But he din't want to hazard a guess.So one day when he was at CST station he jogged alongside one such Mumbaikar and asked him Bhaisaab yeh sab loog bhaag kyun rahey hai! (Brother, why is everybody running?)

To which the he replied...that arey yeh saab train pakad ne ke liye bhaag rahey hai agar aapko pakadni hain toh app bhi bhago...(everyone's running to catch the train...if you want to get into it you also should run)




Travelling by local trains in Mumbai is not for the weak-hearted.Many a times even strong contenders bite the dust.One glance at the bursting compartments could immobilise you and you would probably not run towards, but far away from this loaded bullet and the fastest mode of transportation in Mumbai.


Human frogs: A specie unique to Mumbai


There is an animal in each of us...One sees their characteristics surface time and again. Here we are talking about the striking behavioural resemblance to our innocuous amphibian friend- Frog. Since it is a temporary display of this behaviour we will call these travellers human frogs. This specie is not only for Discovery and Animal Planet viewers. It's a must for those newcomers who're to become one with this group and most likely transform into one themselves (not out of choice of course). To see these one need not venture far and wide. Just go to the starting point of CST/ Churchgate stations in the evening at peak hours and watch these human frogs perform. These humans transmogrify into this specie out of their need to secure a place in the train. The preparation for this transformation starts as soon as one reaches the station. Women tuck their sarees, tie their duppattas, stand in ready get set almost go position.When the train starts making an entry into the station. Suddenly there is a flurry of activity, without even letting people get off from the train people start leaping onto the compartment doors zooming to get that enviable window seat or even just a seat or space to stand.


There is Shanghai at the end of the tunnel
I had read sometime back about Mumbai getting a makeover and it would soon look similar to Shanghai...I haven't been to Shanghai and doubt if most Mumbaikars have have gotten the good fortune of visiting this city. I would love to visit it someday though and sure most others would like to do the same. Of course there is a small impediment to going there at the moment, read affordability. But I am certain that there are plans in place to overcome even this hurdle. With the amount of digging that goes on in Mumbai, I am certain the government is paving way for a cheaper way to reach Shanghai.Afterall! shouldn't Mumbaikars get to be see what Mumbai will look like post the makeover


Well that's entirely my view on the digging that goes on in Mumbai. But there are others who suspect that this has to do with a lot of booty that has been hidden underground and they are definitely digging to get their hands on it.
Well there could be some truth in their theory as well.Maybe many many years ago some politician or bureaucrat actually hid all his illegal money to hide it from the Ayakar Bhavan.



So then I could go on and on...but then I want to leave some space for those who would like to contribute to this blog as well...