Thursday, May 22, 2008

Mumbai abloom

All ye poets rejoice. All ye nature lovers rejoice and all ye bored with dull gray facades of faded buildings behold!

In case you are wondering why I have gone mad or antiquated in my English, then, wonder no more. It is the season. Mayflowers or gulmohars as we call them here, are abloom, heralding the arrival of rains.

I don't want to get into talking about rains, because today I want to be positive. Positive - about this grave and busy city that bears heavy burdens daily. The city is a riot of colours now. Most buildings have at least one ill-treated gulmohar in its backyard.
So while swishing past in a cocoon of a car, or while hanging perilously out of a bus or even chugging off in a train, let your eyes take in the marvelous feast of eye-catching, orange-red colours and refresh your minds.

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