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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