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My Friend Sangita and the roller coaster ride/s, she has made my life!

2014-07-09T03:36:00.001-07:00

My friend Sangita has litreally taken me on a roller coaster ride/s, not just the actual ones but also in life,

With her there have been a lot of firsts, where I have been overwhelmed while she has been sitting back and looking at me taking in as a doting mother watches over her kids getting the best out of life. Nothing unusual? well! we aint no usual people here I say ;-) the fact that we have actually known each other for just about a year and 38 days to this day.

A lot of firsts with her, more so facilitated by her:

* First time on a group (her family) pacakage tour.
* First visit to Himachal Pradesh
* First time experience at River Crossing
* First time experience at River Rafting
* First time experience at Go Karting at the highest one in the world.

Then the recent weekend trip to Ahmedabad once again with a couple of firsts:

* First visit to Ahmedabad
* First travel on the National Expressway 1 - an awesome experience

and then this :

Dining with the dead: restaurant builds over graveyard, leaves tombs next to

Am sure there are more firsts which I havent mentioned here, but let me remember them FIRST!

http://jewelsofjaipur.weebly.com/

2013-03-11T04:34:00.000-07:00

Glimplses of what Jewels of Jaipur has to offer, right from Buddhist Art, Hindu Art, Christian Art to beautiful Wooden Jewellery complete with Silver and semi precious stones.

SCMM 2013

2013-01-20T09:44:00.003-08:00

Do have a piece of Barfi!

2012-10-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

Barfi or rather Murphy as we the level headed, right minded and perfectly so called normal people would have called the main character in this movie. Coz thats what he was named. But then even before he evolved into the Sweeheart people right from his brith knew he was a Sweet soul and hence did not loose time christening him Burfi, Barfi, Burfee!

Call it and him the character by any name and the Sweetness would not wane, As the selvete heroine mentions in her introspective or more of thinking out loud kind of speech. Where she sayz about how the two Barfi and Jhilmil simply allowed Love to happen. There was no planned, thought out love or liking.

woh kya hai na, kisi ney khoob kaha hain, "Pyaar kiya nahin jata, ho jata hai! Dil diya nahin jata Kho jata hain"

So do have a piece of Barfi! qyunki mummy kehti hai meetha khane se kaam acha hota hai!!!

My Brothers 47th Budday @ Country Club Andheri

2012-10-28T09:14:00.001-07:00

Chotey!!!

The Colourful end of the Party Table!!!

Budday Boy with the Missus!!!

Cake cutting done, all buzy with eating and drinking!!!

Mai, Whoni!!!

Badey!

Budday Boy feeding Cake to his Kiddo!!!

Brother giving cake to Moder!!!

A Bhai tera dhyaan kahaan hain!

Happy Budday to Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Kitney bholey dikhtey hain na ye badey!!!

Kabhi Dhyaan idhar kabhi dhyaan udhar!

Mehdi Nebbou my French Chocolat!

2012-10-13T11:56:00.001-07:00

Never in my life have I felt so much for a character in a movie, irrespective of the genre, but on Friday 12th Oct 2012 when I watched English Vinglish and saw this French guy falling for Shashi I was like oh my God Sashi please don't break his heart, for a change I wanted it to be like a typical Hindi movie where it is always Pyaar ki jeet, lekin my dear darling was not so lucky, yes this French Chocolat has made me think of him over and over again, and left me heart broken truly for him.

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!

Shashiiiiiiiiiiiiii how could you go back to your stupid husband and leave this yummyliscious prince charming, Adonis you name him whatever you want, French Chocolat heart broken. You broke my heart too!!!

Sach mein Mehdi Nebbou tum mein kuch baat hain! aur tumney jagaya ek ajnabi ehsaas hain.

For your sake (I don't even know what your character in the movie was called) but loved you in all your silence, your limited English, your sexy French of which I cant understand a single word, and your subtle style, OMG you rock baby and how!!!.

May you never have to play a character ever again where you have to loose out on the one you love!

Next time do a proper Hindi Movie, coz humarey picturon mein PYAAR Hamesha JEETTA Hai!

muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuah! a French Kiss for French Chocolat!

The Bombay Chamber Orchestra, I was there, what, you were not? huuun losers!

2012-09-03T09:57:00.003-07:00

Some days back Catherine Morris Fernandes a very good friend of mine had on FB asked about wanting tkts to the Bombay Chamber Orchestra and I promptly asked for 2!

2 tkts in hand, I did not know who it would be who would accompany me to the performance, so I put up on my gtalk ‘Hve Got 2 tkts for THE BOMBAY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - Sophia Bhabha Auditorium - 1st September, 2012 at 7:00p.m’ either none of those perpetually appearing online at gtalk saw it or were not interested, either way, as my ex-colleague Ramesh Keshavan just said ‘seat seat pe likha hota hai baithnewale ka naam! So there I was with my aunt (Sr. Supreetha) who is a Nun posted in Orissa she had come down for a day from Mangalore enroute to Orissa. Both of us reached the place late by about 10 mins (Blame it on Bombay Traffic or IST) a few people were moving about in the foyer and behind the closed doors there were more of them seated and there on stage was a black tails (a white man wearing black tail coat) waving and gesticulating with all the energy he could muster (later came to know he was Josef Suilen the Dutch Guest Conductor) it immediately reminded me of Tom & Jerry, where Tom is the music/orchestra conductor :-))))

As I said it was a first time experience for both of us. Which began with a bang with a difference, somebody really needs to do something about the seats at the Sophia Bhabha Auditorium which keep looking up and the moment you touch them to get them in the level where you can occupy them ‘Dhaap’ is what you hear and you can imagine the embarrassment when this happens when the Orchestra is playing and the Conductor is all into his music. Makes one wish the earth would open up and one could hide in it. Dunno if I should call it some solace or height of bad timing and placing, that more ‘Dhaaps’ were heard at regular intervals.

So finally there I was seated in Seat 017 of Sophia Bhabha Auditorium looking at a live Orchestra (oh phuleez, not the kind people commonly understand and know to be an Orchestra with musicians and singers dishing/doling out bollywood, tollywood or kollywood hits) The Bombay Chamber Orchestra is the only Indian Symphony orchestra that functions and performs on a regular basis with a concert standard of performance, incidentally it celebrates its Golden Jubilee 50 yrs this year (1962 – 2012).

So there was Josef Suilen! well to begin with, as I said black tails waving and gesticulating with all the energy he could muster and as a first timer I did not know whether to wonder where he gets that sort of energy for the fully body work out he kept on doing standing on a square black block which also caught my attention and or to think that it was just a matter of minutes before Josef Suilen fell off it (the square black block) if he was not careful enough. Next my eyes moved on to the musicians, what they wore, what age group they belonged to, what instrument they were playing? I could recognize violins, cellos, some wind instrument and a set of drums (not the rock band drum set but different decent kind) and in between I also looked at the ceiling to notice that one of the bulbs was not working, felt the AC was working and that people around me included locals, foreigners (one Asian lady looked like a younger version of Mary Kom) and then there were Nuns (my aunt included) and children!!!! Yes! Children I wonder what on earth were they brought by the parents/guardians to such a performance for, unless of course they had the urge to add to the cacophony of instruments.

What was played and heard that evening was Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Amajor, Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and choral works by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Saint Saëns. Don’t ask me which was good as I can’t make out one from the other. When all the playing, the bowing, applauding was on I could not make up my mind what should I be paying attention to? Couldn’t show false appreciation as even a blind man would have made out that it was a hopeless attempt on my part to show that I understood music.

What caught my eyes was, once when Josef Suilen raised his left hand and bang on! his wedding band caught the light and this was just when the thought - what would his wife think of him when she saw him conducting like this, was crossing my mind. I can still picture that soft porcelain hand and that glint caught by the wedding band which seemed to have caught my eye just to allay my doubts about Josef Suilen and his family (read spouse) getting along and how. I am sure they must be saying hearing their names called out by each other is Music to their ears ;-)

Then on came BALÁZS FÜLEI – the pianist. Who for the better part of the beginning of his performance was adjusting his base, the stool on which he was to sit and then again there was the display of soft porcelain hands, Aaah! What a sight, and when they danced on the Piano one wanted to dance too, all through the performances I tried and visualized the rains, the fields, the swaying trees the flowers in the gardens and water fountains.

Then came the bombshell, Lyric Soprano, Sunanda Rao-Erdem – A big girl I must say! (But then what’s with the Opera singers and their size? Are they storehouses of air which they don’t seem to inhale at all when they crooooooooooooooon and how!) Sunanda Rao – Erdem sang/crooned and took me to the courts of kings, the war ravaged cities and battle fields (that’s what I think of when I hear Opera, it is more of a Soldiers marching or a melancholy love song) The lady packed some power in her lungs which was heard and how! You can take a bow once again Sunanda Rao-Erdem.

But, kintu, chintu, parantu here’s what’s more interesting, singing in the choir The Songsters – (Director Patricia D’Cunha) was my ex-colleague and good friend Catherine Morris Fernandes (her 3^rd performance) and her son Craig Fernandes (his 2^nd performance) quiet enviable but a very happy fact! Thank you Catherine for arranging the tickets and Craig for waiting with them for me outside the auditorium, even as the entire troupe was inside/backstage.

This post Too Verbose for your liking??? Well! Been to an Orchestra so have to have it properly Orchestrated in it now ;-)

Who's Loving You......

2012-07-17T05:14:00.000-07:00

A question, a statement, a jealous cry, So true and even now a very much at present happening situation, seen all around, more often than not and too familiar for the comfort of those Mr. Rights! who either never realise, are stuck up, or chicken out, and then say 'If you had only met me earlier' making one wonder what was the Rush and Run for in the first place?

My dear gurl pals hope you aint doin this! And guys as Russel Peters said in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qtrAMK7_Qk BE A MAN!!!

All the Mr. Rights who have done this one thing wrong, Here is the song sung by the Jackson 5 (select the 2nd link)
http://mp3juices.com/search/who's-loving-you-michael-jackson

and here are the lyrics that should say all!

Wheeeeeeen I had you (had you)
I treated you baaaaaaad and wrong my dear
And girl since, since you went away

(chorus)
Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

I,I,I,I should have never, ever
Ever made you cry
And and girl since yer since you been gone

(chorus)

Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

Life with out love, huh...
It's oh so lonely
I don't think, I don't think! I'm gonna make it

All my life, all my life baby yeah I've been lost to you only
Come on & take it girl
Come on & take it, because....
All, all I can do, all I can do since you've been gone is cry
And don't you ever wonder or worry your head of what I do

(chorus )

Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder who's lovin' you

Who's loving you
who's loving you
I,I,I gotta know yea
I,I,I,I,I wonder
who's loving you
Who loving you,come on baby ohhh oh yea baby
Who's loving you

Oh! oh! oh!
OH YEA

muuuuwah! eat your heart guys!

And Ahem! Absolutely no apologies to anybody!!!

Monsoon Moods!

2012-06-08T03:58:00.000-07:00

Location – Home – rains outside, windows open, lace curtains drawn, lighting dim, soft music playing complemented with light waltzing! Waltzing away till the music has died down and the music is being played and heard in the head, which incidentally is resting on the bosom of a beloved! Time is still and you are moving, after some time you don’t know when even you have stopped moving but in your heart and mind the music and the moves continue till when, who knows… who cares….. siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!

Location – Outdoors – just about anywhere – after all belief can make you see things. So there right in the middle of the chock-o-bock traffic congested crossroads! – You are hoping, skipping and jumping in and over puddles all the time humming, singing out loud, dancing and yes! Smiling and waving out and winking at .the motorists and fellow pedestrians or rain revelers!

Then I wonder, why does Rain rhyme with Bane, Gain, Pain and of course Sane?

Mainey jeena hain main jeeungi!

Mainey peena hain main peeyungi!

Kissey pata main maiy ko pee jaati hoon ya maiy mujhey!

Maikhane tak pohonchney sey pehley kya pata main rahoon na rahoon

Zindagi ka safar shuru honey sey pehley kya pata dam nikal jaaye!

Yoon toh jeena hain, bohot kuch dekhna, kar guzar na hain,

Kya pata is maiy aur dum ki aankh micholi mein saali zindagi nikal jaaye!

May the Rain Drops replace the Tear Drops in you life!

A day with ex-colleagues and my Whoni @ Tikuji-ni-wadi

2012-05-23T03:13:00.001-07:00

Some how for reason's unknown I seem to dig Re-Unions, and that is why am all the while reminding colleagues, ex- colleagues, ex-classmates and batchmates to meet-up, but somehow for reasons best known to them they chat-up but never show up!

Well! so what? as if that was going to stop me. After discussing at least 3 near Re-Unions of Learnet - the company which ceased to exist on 1st August 2007. (yup on my birthday co-incidence or wot), with solid support from Arun Polekar who did the calling, reminding and checking around, we decided on Tikuji-ni-wadi (yeah! the name again is ironic, and I am just not going to say why) 19th May 2012.

The Ayes and Nays happened and we had a list of about 20+ ex-colleagues and colleagues who were to come. The day arose and so did the excuses and regrets. With the result we were just 6 colleagues & Ex-Colleagues and 2 guests.

But as Mahesh my ex-colleague says 'Aaye toh Welcome nahin toh Gardi Kam' well! we the people had to go ahead with our day and we did and how!

Who sayz Fun N Games has an age limit!

Hot or Cool!

Mermaids! naah! we are the Splash Gurls!

Rotation and Revolution Explained!

No! those are not X-Ray vision glasses! its just the Women in Black (Glasses) going about JLT!!!

Did I say 'Tweet' !

Holi @ IETS Safed Pool Office!

2012-03-08T23:01:00.001-08:00

Narendra Modi & his Sadbhavana

2011-09-19T01:04:00.000-07:00

I hope your Sadbhavana reaches him Mr. Narendra Modi!

Did I do the right thing then?

2011-09-14T06:00:00.000-07:00

REDEVELOPMENT - GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING SOCIETIES

2011-08-16T23:53:00.000-07:00

The Free Press: REDEVELOPMENT - GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING SOCIETIES

Sunday evening with friends @ Malwani

2011-05-15T02:41:00.000-07:00

It was a sunday evening to remember, what with the teen yaar of 80s and 90s met at my little house in Malwani. Hum Teen Rashmi, main aur Shobha (in the order of our age and Rashmi is not going to like that ;-P)

Shobha, yours truly and Shobha's daughter Priti

Well! Shobha insisted I had lost weight and needed to eat right!

Jab Teen yaar mil baithey toh kuch hona zaroori hain na!!!

Mother and daughter in an analytical eating pose ;-)

The great part was Rashmi whom I had just informed in the evening itself about the meeting up, did turn up but the sad part was my camera batteries ran out hence no picture of hers sigh!!!

Hey and Rashmi and I did sing the song which way back in the 80s we used to sit atop the water tank of A-15 and sing out loud, it went as follows .. Jhoomti chali hawa yaad aaa gaya koi e ee , bujhti bujhti aaag ko phri jalaaa gaya koiee eee Jhoomti chali hawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, yaaaaaaaaaaad aaaagayaaaa koieeee....

* Photos clicked by our friend Mahesh Datar who silently sat aside and kept listening and getting amused with our threesome triade. Preeti was okay till about 8.45pm and then finally couldnt take it any more and was in tears to leave for home. So at around 9.10 pm we all finally left back for home.

It was good! doston sey milna acchha hota hain!!!

Unholy Holi!

2011-03-20T00:03:00.000-07:00

Waste of Precious Water,Use of Harmful Chemicals and PlasticsCutting/Mutilating Trees for the Holi Bonfire!
Is this what Holi is supposed to be according to the Shastras?

Children going to fancy CBSE, ICSE and other world schools with EVS as a subject being thought, yet out there they are busy filling little plastic bags (officially banned but like any other banned stuff easily available across the counter) with precious water and dunking each other. And the Hopeless (they call themselves Helpless) doing nothing to correct their children.

Trees are being chopped, cut, mutilated and the local Corporators instead of correcting the people are busy smiling down from illegal hoardings and banners put up by their supporters wishing 'happy Holi'

Not to mention of hitting unknown and unconcerned people with water missiles irrespective of their age, physical health state etc causing pain and harm and even distress and laughing gleefully at it.

Some Unholy Holi this is!

Tale of a street, a divider and 200 potholes

2011-03-15T04:35:00.000-07:00

Tale of a street, a divider and 200 potholes

And My Fight continues....

2011-01-30T02:24:00.000-08:00

On 18 January 2011 at 10:32 am I wrote (email) to the Local Municipal Corporator - (Dilip Ghanshyam Patel (Councillor) - Ward P/S)

Dear Mr. Patel,

Hello & Good Morning and a Very Happy New Year to you. Hope you continue to be

I have just now registered a complaint on the mcgm.gov.in website about the following :

HAWKERS PUT UP SHEDS ON FOOTPATH OUT SIDE THE GATES OF B.E.S.T NAGAR I & II. OCCUPYING ENTIRE FOOTPATH OUTSIDE THE GATES ON EITHER SIDE OF B.E.S.T NAGAR I & II

The complaint has been registered and the response given by the website is as follows:

Your complaint has been forwarded to Encrochment - PS Ward .

Complaint No. 0721042586

Request you to kindly look into the matter as the Hawker menace is increasing day by day.

The footpaths are nowhere to be seen putting the Senior Citizens, Children and in general all the pedestrians at great hardship.

Winnie Apoline Saldanha

Within the next 5 mins (actually 4 mins at 10:36) I received a reply form Dilip Ghanshyam Patel (Councillor) - Ward P/S)

I will talk to concern officers & as early as do the need full

The next day 19 January 2011 18:15 I received another response / update to my email from Dilip Ghanshyam Patel (Councillor) - Ward P/S)

Today I had talk to All concern about to take Action as per your compline kindly intimate me the progress Dilip patel

Another email from Dilip Ghanshyam Patel (Councillor) - Ward P/S) 25 January 2011 17:30

Respected madam I was out of town your compline is attended or not before I went I had talk with Assistant commissioner p south kindly let me know

And the last email from "Dilip Ghanshyam Patel (Councillor) - Ward P/S" on 25 January 2011 at 19:19 hrs

Ok on 27th ward council meeting I will raise the issue

Its the 30th of Jan 2011 today and situation remains as is!! all the stalls and hawkers (jaisey ke waisey).

So was this all in vain?

2010-09-15T01:20:00.000-07:00

Way back then

- On 14 August 2006 - had placed a complaint on praja.org The Complaint Tracking Number (CTN) is HG-11248505.

Apart from that I had also spoken to the BMC head office and also the Tree Authority of India. on 18th August, 2006. My Society committee member had told me that they have taken the permission from Byculla itself, but I dont think even the authorities there can give such kind of permission.

18 August 2006 - had taken on these tree murderers single handedly.

19 August 2006 - wrote to M.S.Ram of the DNA.

He came, he saw, he spoke, he wrote!

(DNA had covered this in their Coastwatch supplement of 20th August, 2006 on page 2).

As a result of the article my society (CHS) had an urgent meeting called at 4.00pm on (20th August 2006) and at the meeting (which was attended by my mother as a member of the society) it was unanimously decided that I was wrong in doing this and approaching the press. ALSO a few enterprising people were of the opinion that a police complaint should be filed against me and they would all sign in support of the same.

After the conclusion of the meeting the Tree cutting contractor was directed by the Committee and other members of the society to take away the chopped wood (which was taken in 2 tempos MH-04 AG-7710 owned by Ravindra S. Singh and MH-04 C-9489 owned by Sanjay K Sawant) and that they would handle it if I or anybody objected. (I was directed by one of the press people to call the police controll room and infrom them of the same. To which I indicated that I wouldnt want to be the one calling the police since - as stated ( to the DNA correspondent) by Y.H Raut, horticulture officer from P south ward that they had not permitted Sanman CHS to trim the trees and that he would visit the site and take appropriate action which would be informing the police and filing a case.)

That was in August 2006.

So what has changed now?

On 13 Sep 2010 11:20am - sent out an email to 34 members/residents of Sanman CHS - detailing my observation of the act of so called Trimming of trees.

Trees being Trimmed (Chaatni) which should be happening pre-monsoon happening in the 2nd week of September. Wow! what timing and what nature sense. When asked Mr. Shirke who was seated near the Security cabin said they were the contractor appointed by the society.

Zhaadan muley kachra hoto - I wonder since when did trees start shedding plastic bags, torn clothes, plastic bottles, liquour bottles, broken furniture, broken sinks, broken commodes, beer cans, toothpaste and soap covers, sanitary napkins, used condoms - itna kaafi hain ki aur ginaoun?

Result? Not a single response or for that matter no feedback off the net or in person either.

13 Sep 2010 11:29am - forwarded them this mail received from karmayog

For details and proceedures regarding Tree Planting / Trimming / Cutting of
Trees in Mumbai, please see www.karmayog.com/gardens/gardensindex.htm

If you have a complaint or suggestion regarding Trees in Mumbai, please see
www.karmayog.org/satya

Do contact the following Members of the Tree Authority of BMC
a) Dr. Nilesh Baxi on 9820085007
b) Avinash Kubal on 9324238031
c) Madhu Sawant, on 28365622 / 9322665836
d) Dr. Ashok Joshi on 9869341207
e) Dr. Ajit Tolia on 9892009620
f) Niranjan Shetty on 986961503
g) Dr. Manohar Sawant on 9820582369
h) U. N. Singh on 28258700

dunno if anybody did anything about it.

13 Sep 2010 11:55am - sent another mail with photo evidence. 11 photos of the carnage.

All this while and for the next few days what continued is for all to see.

This! (behind A-15)

This! (In front of A-15 & A-16)

And this! (In front of A-14 & B-19)

Only this time the tempo was bigger and the piles of wood manyfold than that of last time.

But then at Sanman CHS who cares!

This is what I said to them and wish them -

All those in cahoots with those involved in this kind of so called Tree Trimming - may you never enjoy the shade of a tree in sun and rain, the gentle breeze from the leaves, the fragrance of flowers, the sweet sounds of birds, the joy of the rush of childhood memories when you looked at the dried leaf or flower pressed in your old diary. The list is endless!

Such Lawlessness, Where is the Law of the Land?

2010-03-26T03:52:00.000-07:00

These full grown trees! which stood there majestically till 20th of March 2010 are no longer there.
Complaints filed with http://www.mcgm.gov.in/ are all in vain. Looks like nobody cares for Trees!

And what about caring for trees when Human life is not cared for! all for a piece of Land!

Builders are supposed to build! but in the line of building there is no end to the destruction they cause. To life and limb of those who oppose them.

This is not about taking sides. It's a question of when the issue is in Court and Legal Redressal is being sought, how come these land sharks get away with MURDER! the local Police Station, The local Corporator and the Local MLA seem to have taken the Mumbai Local and gone off on a summer Vacation.

But then they are not going far. What with elections on the anvil. Mr. MLA, Mr. MP and Mr. Corporator we shall see then!

Even those who dared to help have to bear the brunt! (He tried to help Farooq and got beaten!)

Farooq Patel,lost an eye after goons allegedly hired by a developer attacked him with swords and rods in Goregaon (W) on Tuesday 23rd March 2010.

Sena Dassera Rally at Shivaji Park & The Tired Tiger!

2008-10-10T04:08:00.000-07:00

I wrote this in 2008 (10/10/2008)

Hi,

Yesterday evening Sahara Samay was showing the Shiv Sena Dassera Rally live and there I was sitting in front of the TV wanting to hear the Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackarey speak - I a Congress supporter by default had been told as way back as 25 years ago by my father, which was corroborated and confirmed by varied people down the years - that people went to Shivaji Park just to hear him speak irrespective of their Political Party affiliations or loyalties.

When I happened to see the TV, it was Uddhav Thackarey speaking and I was not only disillusioned by his oratory skills but also at the absolute lack of charisma and personality power not an iota or inkling of his father's persona. The Man spoke of as usual the contribution of the Maharastrians in the Freedom struggle, The Belgaum issue, The Marathi Manoos loosing out on jobs in Mumbai (wonder why then the Sena power in the BMC is turning a Nelson's Eye to the B.E.S.T workers woes) Jawahar (in Thane) - death of 300 children due to Malnutrition and emphasising all were Marathi!!! wonder if he was actually proud of it and was going to declare them Martyrs, But then if Christian Missionaries help out they are at it for the sake of CONVERSION isn't it?. And so he went on but Thankfully not for long.

Then happened the much awaited entry of the Sena Supremo, all along the Chair in the centre of the Dias was left empty for him, - I had pen and paper ready to jot down his words and to give my own arguments against them but what I saw, actually shook me, there on TV was this frail, weak old man with a walking stick in hand and 2 people actually holding him up by the arms (just above the elbow) All the anticipated anger and fight in me dissipated and all I cared was to think I hope they are taking good care of this aging 82 year old. It was like sitting there in front of the TV I was directing the people 'hey watch out', 'careful how you hold him', 'just let the poor old man sit down and don't make him move around he is too frail for it'. I am neither a Shiv Sainik, nor a Hindu - Bal Thackarey is also addressed as 'hindu hridaysamrat' and the Shiv Sena is all about Hidutva hence the mention. but then what did I & why did I care! Most Indians like me still wonder! What makes us feel the way we feel. I think its got to do with our Indian non-attacking, non-violent heritage which the self-anointed Bharatiyas and Sons of the Soil are fast forgetting and moving away from.

Winnie Saldanha

Thackeray's shady views!

2007-01-30T04:11:00.000-08:00

This I wrote in 2007 (30/01/2007)

What else do you say to a man making small talk about the Respected Presidents Hair over his eyes obstructing his view of the things that need to be acted upon, in this case the Mercy petition of Pariament attack accused Mohammed Afzal that has been lying with the most charismatic President's of India.

This from a man who has been wearing shades even at night?? is his vision clear in the first place? for him to comment on others let alone somebody as our esteemed President.

Is he even half as educated or half as knowledgeable as our beloved President?

All one can say is, his loose talk just shows his sense of political ethics and the sensibilities of his senseless SENA!

Where is the connection between the CIVIC Elections of the city of MUMBAI and the honourable President and his work in Delhi?

Mr. Bal just like your party/election symbol well! what is remaining of it now is just the BOW!( the arrow has taken its course) So take cogniance of your AGE and that sagging ego and Bow out if not down!

Just having the name Bal (child) does not give you a lifelong permit of behaving like one! Grow Up!