Why is that when we are children and in school, we want to grow up in a hurry? And why is it that once we grow up, we want to be children again? Got this fantastic poem as a forward (it’s in marathi, but the true essence is only felt in one’s mother tongue, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pune’
Childhood
Posted: February 16, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: children, grow up, marathi, mumbai, pune, school, thinking
Mee aahe marathi manoos…
Posted: October 30, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: bombay, chai, chitale bandhu, deccan plateau, diwali, friends, lonavala, maori, marathi, marathi culture, marathi manoos, mumbai, nagpur, pune
“You are Marathi?”. Yessir, mee aahe marathi manoos. I could sell ice to an eskimo, but may find it tough when it comes to convincing people that I am a marathi manoos. I get passed off as a relocated keralaite, a gaothan catholic, or a nice telugu. Or sometimes as an alien. Reason [...]
More than pictures…
Posted: October 30, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: beach, carving, dawn, express highway, expressway, fort aguada, Goa, land's end, life, light, mumbai, mumbai rains, new beginning, peace, Phir milenge, pictures, pune, rains, shore, sky, stone, sunrise, sunset, tranquility, travel, twilight, wall, waterworld
Some pictures mean more than they say! These are random shots that I have collected from various places. Am not a photographer – but am sure you can see the depth in these pictures!!! A New Beginning – This was taken one fine morning at the Food Mall on the Mumbai Pune Expressway at 6 [...]
Love Love Love
Posted: October 23, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: atif aslam, bandra bandstand, bike, bikes, car, darkness, empress garden, fergusson college, first love, himesh reshammiya, hindi movies, love, love and affection, lovebirds, lovers, lovers lane, marine drive, mumbai, mumbai rickshaw, pune, rickshaw
With the redevelopment of older buildings in my neighbourhood is gathering speed and with lesser people now populating the area, I am noticing a new development also happening. In a space starved Mumbai, couples find all sorts of places to koo-chickoo!!! One such place happens to be a corner of my building, which after nightfall [...]
Flashback 1997!
Posted: October 16, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: bikes, flashback, home, hostel, living alone, MBA, pune
During my summer project in my MBA days I lived for about ten days with a bunch of guys from college. I wanted to experience the life of a hostelite. So, while I was still in Pune, I thought this is something that I should try. And experience. (Little did I know that in a [...]
Mumbai meri jaan!!!
Posted: September 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: advertising, happiness, kind, mumbai, pune, struggle
In the monsoons of 1998, a young man came to the city of dreams – Mumbai. All he had was a hope that may just be able to survive and earn a living. His only desire then was to join advertising. The young man was down personally and professionally. Finances were weak, and he was ready [...]