Dear Mumbai,
How are you doing? Hope everything is fine with you on every front.
Sitting here in another country, I miss you very much, my Mumbai.
I miss your chaoticness, your liveliness. And your rains too.
I don’t mind your unclean beaches, it is always better than staying in luxury hotels in Mumbai. The smell of the ocean is what I now yearn for. I miss eating paav-bhaji and bhel-puri at Juhu beach. Yesterday I had Häagen-Dazs ice-cream sitting in an air-conditioned upbeat restaurant but it is no match to licking an orange bar, strolling at your Juhu beach.
For a change, I won’t mind your pot-holed roads, the humid weather or even the chaotic traffic. I miss the sound of a chugging train; miss the smell of sweat and miss the peak hour rush in local trains. That push, that rush for a seat and those hawkers in the train. Oh yes, those bhajan mandali as well.
I long for a weekend getaway to Mumbai and its southern part…. to even stay in 5 star hotels in Mumbai, to walk along Marine drive admiring the sunset or sitting leisurely at night to be with the restless waves.
I don’t have any of them here. Flamingos must have come, feasted and gone without saying Hello to me.
I miss the festive mood and the festival goodies, the chillness in the fresh morning air.
In short, I miss life.
I am looking forward to head to airport to meet you.
I know it’ll bring a big smile on my face the moment I touch your feet and as I write this, I am already smiling.
Looking forward to see you soon, I can stay in any upscale hotel in Mumbai.
Well the world of travel is great by home is home… 🙂
Well the world of travel is great but home is home… 🙂 Nothing can replace the home and mumbai street food is one of the best…
Prasad,
Absolutely right! After a few months we get to start missing every little thing about home. 🙂
Oh yeah, I totally get it. The love and yearn for the worst and best of the things of a city that you love. Nice post.
Ruby,
Thank you.
I like the oval garden near CHurchgate
This is what I say an open letter. Nicely written.
Shrinidhi,
🙂
Do you miss Chennai when you go somewhere else?
Shreya,
Thank you.