Hypocrits all..

Well, i had been for my first US movie yesterday, co-incidentally was called 'Mad-Money'. Ofcourse they were not mad or anything, its just that money had made them mad!! Common eh? very i should say.

Relating this movie and the title to things happening in bombay is something i could not avoid. Almost every Indian today is aware of the 'North Vs Marathi' egoistic cum political battle taking place in the commercial capital of India. being a bombayite for all my life i have a few analysis to make. A few questions to ask?

Anyone who is capable and sincerely answers them will realise that the problem is self-made and IMHO should quitely admit, YES we are the reason for the mess. Common-Man please forgive me- This should be the lines they should utter next.

Ok, back to analysis. Firstly, let us all agree, Bombay is bursting. The alarms should have been rung atleast 3 years back. But No, even now people dream of making the MESS into a Shanghai. Btw, just curious, have the concerned people even seen Shanghai. For that matter, even an Infosys campus would be a better and realistic approach. sorry to divert again. back....

Yea, Bombay is over. Believe me. The quality of life is a BIG 0. The infrastructure is another bigger 0. The people, u give marks yourself. The governance, i dont even wanna go there. So yea, there is a problem and the politicians are correct in having raised it. So how did it all come into being? Was it over-night? JUST LIKE THAT or JLT as the slang would have gone?? Noooooooooooo, my friend.... NO....

So we have solved the first part of the supposed problem. There is a problem. There should be concern. There should be some action (reaction is imminent!!).

Ok, now for the reason. Let me detail to you a small little story that has occurred in my locality. I stay at a place called Malad, one of the fastest growing suburbs in bombay. In Malad, there is a locally-famous chinese restaurant called Uncles-Kitchen. Ok Ok, i do like chinese food, but the point i wanted to make was that i stay just close to UK. UK= Uncles Kitched duh!!!

Now, back to the analysis. Somewhere around 2001, a small paan wala started to run a small shop near UK's. Of course it was illegal. No one objected. So he had no hassles. A year went buy, he was minting. The reason, the Mithchowki bus-stop was bustling with people who were his regular customers. Fast-Forward to 2008. He has made a entire shop there. He has 2 people employed. And i am sure he makes more bucks than me. He does not pay a single paise of IT. He does not follow any rules. yet, the cops give him a smile and the common man a stare! Yea, so much for being sweet.



Ok, am feeling better now. :) Yea, so what is the second part of the analysis. Well if you were thinking about chinese food, u probably missed the point. The whole situation is a mess because of the people who are creating the fuss now. The people incharge did not/are not/will not do/doing a think to stop illegal growth of houses/shops/hawkers......

What happens is more and more people come to this crap city and crap in it. What we get is a sohisticated looking mess. I mean, bombay today is one big shithole!
Now in 2008 the politicians are blaming people from other regions to have spoilt bombay. My point, why did u let them make bombay their base when they did not have a legal house/shop? You took money and now u want them to go??? Thats not fair!!!

So, 1 solution only. Keep living in the shit buddies...

Cheers,
Ashley