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Dear Mumbai, We’d Like Another Chance to Make You An ‘Equal’ City (The Quint)

April 10, 2022
Mumbai - CST
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Dear Mumbai, your foundation is shaking, the columns that held you together have corroded.

My dear Mumbai,

Maximum city, resilient city, city of dreams, the city that never sleeps… all these sobriquets that have been bestowed on you seem like ghosts today, or at best, figments of our collective imagination. The past few months have revealed amply that all these lofty and pithy names given to you were a clever writer’s attempt to assuage his guilt at having survived storm after storm in a city where death and destitution prefer certain zip codes more than others.

Doctors, actors, labourers, writers, artists, teachers, poets and prostitutes – you who have welcomed people from everywhere with an open heart and given them a place under your open skies. Today, you appear to be a shadow of your former self.

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India goes gay on Republic Day. Hindustan Times an India goes gay on Republic Day. Hindustan Times and The Times of India on 26 January, 1950 #republicday #republicdayindia
My grim expression aside, I love the frame and the My grim expression aside, I love the frame and the backdrop of this selfie that reminded me of an old fashioned train’s carriage. #solotrip #kashmir #travel #travelgram #throwback #windowsoftheworld
Just another day on the ‘gram, living my best li Just another day on the ‘gram, living my best life as a fashion forward. Is her style reminding you of a famous Pakistani politician ? #dogfluencer #instagrammodel
#dogsofinstagram #husky
A quick solo trip to Srinagar in the thick of wint A quick solo trip to Srinagar in the thick of winter, a stay in the houseboat, indulgent meals and time spent catching up with local friends …what did my brief time in the valley teach me? 
I write in @cntravellerindia 
Here are a few excerpts. For to the rest of the story click on the link in my bio.  #traveler #travelwriter #travelindia #kashmirculture #kashmir #houseboat  .  .  .  .  .  #lifestyle #travelgram #indiatravelgram
There’s nothing like the iPhone to remind you th There’s nothing like the iPhone to remind you that you’re ageing by callously throwing up old photos. This was five years ago.
I’ve been reading Paul Theroux’s The Great Rai I’ve been reading Paul Theroux’s The Great Railway bazaar recently and I must confess I’m filled with loathing for the man. 
Theroux tries to experience india from the confines of a train compartment and with the added filter of his crude racism he makes at a horrifyingly distasteful commentary on India (and It’s surprising that a man of his erudition should have been so myopic and lazy in his understanding of a country as complex as ours. 
Throughout the book he refers to Indians as black, very black, shiny black with thick lips, poor, hungry, spitting, pissing…piled up on footpaths like dead bodies. He doesn’t for once bring up the fact that colonialism might have something to do with the vast destitution of the country. The educated, polite and helpful Indians he meets on the various trains of India too aren’t spared his mockery and contempt.
Compare that with AA Gill’s description and understanding of India in the passages I’ve posted and you’ll understand what it means to travel without preconceived notions and an open mind.
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A seat by the window in other rooms and other plac A seat by the window in other rooms and other places. #windowseat #windowsoftheworld #kashmir #lategram #lakeview #travel #nature
Spot the ice capped Himalayas in this sea of clou Spot the ice capped  Himalayas in this sea of clouds. #kashmir #himalayas #whitenoise #airplane #clouds #fyp #travel
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