Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Dilli, what’s your equivalent of Bombay’s Kurla, Mithi river, Dharavi, Kalina,
26 July, Chakala, JVLR, SCLR and a Shivaji statue in the Arabian sea? Now that your
municipal election results are out, speaking from Bombay’s experience where the
Moody-Uddhav combine have been at the helm of Municipal Corporation of Crater
Mumbai for more than 25 years, it *might* help your cause to know: geographical
dimensions of potholes, oceans inside cities, hole-marks in civil
engineering structures, holy cows and unholy strictures, the
ability to negotiate deeply-excavated roads reminiscent of stone age, slum
development, redevelopment and overdevelopment, middle-class housing fallacy, “hygiene”
levels of a mid-day meal, lifetime collection of toll and its relation to an
upcoming election poll, and an undying spirit and solid physical stamina to
walk long-distances whenever a city is submerged under water. Every monsoon, a humble
part of Bombay walks on a rainy day. It has been walking. Since time immemorial.
And will walk this year, again. Bole toh, ab ki baar phir se sab chalega yaar!
#GoverNonsense #AbDilliDoorNahin
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