A wonderful vignette of multicultural Mumbai from my blog and FB friend Slogan Murugan also known as M. S. Gopal, who specializes in spotting sociological images and stories from Mumbai .
A festival celebration, possibly amidst the trader community , resplendent in all the finery, it is fairly routine to see such a motorized chariot waiting next to you at the signal.
One has been witness to elephants lumbering besides purring Mercedes's with tinted windows, as well as charioteers in old jeans, in empty silver decorated chariots, rushing with undue haste for an assignment at some festival, taking a smart U turn at some signal..
This is a photograph clicked in the Pydhonie part of downtown Mumbai.
In case you wonder why everyone looks so serious and possibly angry, it might possibly have to do with the significant name on the shop on the left of the photograph.
(photo by Slogan Murugan)
Aaj ke Raja Log
on a Power Drive,
tough,
with a "Ki Jai"
roaring in the mind,
ladies-in-"permanent"-wait
empowered on the side
riding through
the entrails of Mumbai
at 73 Rs a litre
The fellow
without headgear
kicks into top gear
as he smartly accelerates
next to the Yuvraaj..
Kasab** on the sidelines.
Tough angry looks from the King
as the dowager folks
behind
turn to look
at what the world is coming to today...
on a Power Drive,
tough,
with a "Ki Jai"
roaring in the mind,
ladies-in-"permanent"-wait
empowered on the side
riding through
the entrails of Mumbai
at 73 Rs a litre
The fellow
without headgear
kicks into top gear
as he smartly accelerates
next to the Yuvraaj..
Kasab** on the sidelines.
Tough angry looks from the King
as the dowager folks
behind
turn to look
at what the world is coming to today...
**Kasab : the lone terrorist arrested for 26/11
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