कितना दूर है भाई?

" भैया, चौक कितना दूर है यहाँ से?"
" यहाँ से करीब आधा किलोमीटर होगा "
:O :O

I was perturbed. Distance? In Kms?? Since when?

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In Mumbai, the distance is always measured in minutes and hours.

" अँधेरी कितना दूर है यहाँ से?"
" सीधे सीधे जाके 5 मिनट में आ जाएगा "
"वैसे तो १० मिनट का रास्ता है, पर ट्रैफिक हुआ तो आधा घंटा तक लग सकता है"

For the past five years, it has always been like that.
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So used to we are to this fact, that it took me a while to realize that the Bikaneri person in front of me, was actually using the correct units of distance. That distance is measured in kms, not minutes.

Correct he was, but of no use.

We, the Mumbaikars, will still prefer it if the distance is told in terms of seconds, minutes and hours. :)

Mood: Still frustrated from Bikaner journey.
Music: Musicless.

p.s. Only 60% of the week is over till now, really?? :(

Aam!r

Brilliant Movie!!

Gripping story, awesome direction and incandescent performance by the actor.

However, there was a glitch in movie. It's about a habit of Mumbaikar's.

Aam!r asks for directions to the National Restaurant. The reactions were:-
1. Ignore.
2. " Jara sochne doge"
3. " Meri jeb me hai "

Now, this is not what you expect from 'aamchi mumbai'.

A typical mumbaikar, irrespective of how much hurry/tension he is in, would stop, explain you the way, then hurry again. That was 2nd thing I liked about this city. The 1st one was obviously, the pace at which this city moves ( we are not talking about the sluggish pace of traffic).

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I alighted at Andheri station, and the scuttling pace of people took me by surprise. I distinctly remembered the scene in DCH, where Aamir khan is just standing, and people keep passing him at a furious speed. The causes were different, the effect- same.

Anyways, I gathered courage, tapped on shoulder of a passerby, then asked him how to get to Powai, and then made an attempt to keep up with his pace. The person abruptly stops. I am again taken aback. He stops, tells me the exact way, to reach the destination ( right when you are on bridge, then the bus no.s etc etc). Then, in a jiffy, he's back to his normal pace.

I couldn't help smiling. :)

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Anyways, more on Mumbai later. Back to movie.

Again, a brilliant movie.

The sheer ferocity on Aamir's face when he beats the goons, the chopping of lambs when he passes through the market are the scenes that have a deep impact.

The word Aam!r, means a leader, as was stated in the movie. And in the end, the protagonist, turns out to be a true leader, that too,leading by example, probably, the rarest of it's kind!!


Must watch.

Music: Ya rehem, ya rehem...