Van Chitgo - The Art of Life

I say goodbye tonight, to the city of vada pavs, bandra, awesome metros, andheri station, vikhroli station, dadar and not to mention my favorite- VT. I say goodbye to the nimbu pani guy at VT, the hot chocolate guy that stood two stalls next to him, kolaba- gokuls, mondy's , bade miyan, the taj , gateway of india...i say goodbye to pecoes, ghettos, polly's , hawaiin shack and 'just around the corner'...i say goodbye to powai and that little nepali dude who i still call 'nutan' despite knowing that the little restaurant that serves the best aloo cheese paranthas goes by that name. I say goodbye to godrej hillside colony and ghatkopar- geneva and a million other locations will come my way- but these 2 tiny suburbs is where my heart lost , and i will now and forever give in to true nostalgia.
i say goodbye to the fact that delhi is my favorite city- mumbai has officially taken over, and i feel it now more than ever.
I say goodbye to the cricket ground of vikhroli and the sounds of sam still shouting 'greaaaaat yaar' and amit screaming ' sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'..i can still see us playing at 4 oclock in the morning with kartik in his verbose brilliance convincing the guards to let us play another 6 hours....where are u KS?

I say goodbye to the city of true happiness- with no attitude and no bullshit- a city of class, and class difference; a city of style and stylish exuberance, a city of athena and provogue lounge , and a city of a million fruit vala stands, a city of the best juice stands and hadji ali....

I say goodbye to my most loved part of mumbai- the corner of not just jazz, with pizzeria next to it and baskin robbins across it, i say goodbye to marine plaza and the most delicious midnight buffets accompanied by inane conversations and drunken withdrawals...i say goodbye to the most awesome corporate working atmosphere i have ever seen.
I say good bye to the city that i 'grew up in'....and to the greatest friends i ever made....

agra beckons now...and the world begins to set foot on the new-land of the future. IC creeps nearer- and the earth thunders with the sound of the global village in our backyard.
'say goodbye'- madonna...

Posted by chitgo on Friday, July 15, 2005 at 7/15/2005 10:33:00 PM | Permalink