Bye bye Mumbai..

So finally after a few sleepless nights and loads of anxiety, I am going to join Google Bangalore :) What a relief !!! Really can't express this feeling in words.. Now that it is a 'bye-bye' to Mumbai it is a mixed emotion.. It's not that I didn't like the city.. it has a unique culture of love, acceptance and a lot of positive energy. I always felt at home here although I had no relatives here. Most Mumbaikers are strugglers in some way but they are always happy and helping others in their struggle.. The closeness to the sea is the best thing.. however stressed out you maybe but if you spend some time near the sea, you are relaxed as if the waves have taken all your problems away... a very soothing feeling.. a friend once said "the sea waves make such a noise but still everything is so calm here" I really love that thought..
But you know I was kindof tired of the city...especially the struggle part of it.. the crude nature of Mumbai takes a lot of effort from a North Indian to get settled.. The area where I was living is Malad West which ;ies in the Western suburbs. Unlike the plush Bandra, Worli etc this place was quite 'small town' type and I was having a hard time coping up with the kachra, smell, traffic and pollution.
So that is why mixed feelings.. today is my last day here and I'm looking forward to my new destination: Bangalore :) 

OVER

ok.. enough now.. I am over this city's suburban area called Malad West. I am over the cramped buildings with flats that look like matchboxes, I am over the same design of houses with a hall as you enter, then a thin corridor opening to rooms on both sides.. I am over the autowallah saying no to any and every place. God only knows where they want to go, I am over the infinite stacks of stinking waste that is openly kept on streets for spoiling your fresh mood every morning, I am over the sudden downpour... I am over the small lanes with tiny shops on both sides... I am definitely over the slums and the choke they produce in my throat when I look at the kids there.. I am over the sixers begging on the signals.. I am over the whole IT crowd that works in Mindspace.. I am OVER OVER Inorbit ... I am over thinking of what to eat in the office cafeteria.. I am over saying 'How Are You' to people... I am over thinking of what to do on weekends.. I am over thinking of good places to eat... I am (not) over shopping.... and I still love the sea :)

AB

I saw 'the' Amitabh Bachchan yesterday !! Details I'll write later...