That’s what K said about the city… Bombay is orange
The three of us were sitting on a rock at Bandstand, D, K and I. The salty sea water touched our feet… The dirty Arabian Sea swirled away merrily around the rocks. The sun had set. The sky was a dull shade of orange, turning to purple.
After the first 7 days at K’s place, I had finally managed to find a place of my own at Crimson Tower, Flat No: 2003. It was on the twentieth floor. Everything from up there looked small and insignificant and orange-ish. I had moved in with P, A and A, my friends from workplace. Soon K moved in with us.
Hardly two weeks had passed, and already the city was changing me … I was starting to find a sense of freedom, unlike anything I had ever known before. Living all by myself, working to earn a living, staying with people I hardly knew, being accountable and responsible for the things I do…
The three of us were sitting on a rock at Bandstand, D, K and I. The salty sea water touched our feet… The dirty Arabian Sea swirled away merrily around the rocks. The sun had set. The sky was a dull shade of orange, turning to purple.
After the first 7 days at K’s place, I had finally managed to find a place of my own at Crimson Tower, Flat No: 2003. It was on the twentieth floor. Everything from up there looked small and insignificant and orange-ish. I had moved in with P, A and A, my friends from workplace. Soon K moved in with us.
Hardly two weeks had passed, and already the city was changing me … I was starting to find a sense of freedom, unlike anything I had ever known before. Living all by myself, working to earn a living, staying with people I hardly knew, being accountable and responsible for the things I do…
During this time, we started hanging out at Bandstand. D used to come all the way from TISS, and join us at Bandra station. We used to head to Mocha, where every time we religiously ordered a portion of Lava Lava (and at times, two of them!!).
The sound of the waves lapping up on the rock and then retreating , the setting sun, couples sitting and making out shamelessly on adjacent rocks, the ever-enigmatic ‘Jeevesh terrace’ looming large behind us, and the three of us, singing our hearts out… that’s how our weekends went by.
The sound of the waves lapping up on the rock and then retreating , the setting sun, couples sitting and making out shamelessly on adjacent rocks, the ever-enigmatic ‘Jeevesh terrace’ looming large behind us, and the three of us, singing our hearts out… that’s how our weekends went by.
On one such weekend, K pointed out that the city was orange. Everything about it… the light streaming out of the street lamps… the orange tiles on the Barista floor… the colour of the flag flying at every party office … the Fab-India curtains at the window… the cushion covers… This city was orange…
We also thought, we will write a book some day, and it will be called ‘Orange Mumbai’. Well, we are yet to start on that, but at least it’s got a preface now…
This was of course the calm before the storm… soon the pirates would arrive on the shores of Bombay, and change life as we knew it… but then that’s one whole different story..
(To D and K: This one is for you guys… To the January evenings… Lava Lava and Bandstand! )
We also thought, we will write a book some day, and it will be called ‘Orange Mumbai’. Well, we are yet to start on that, but at least it’s got a preface now…
This was of course the calm before the storm… soon the pirates would arrive on the shores of Bombay, and change life as we knew it… but then that’s one whole different story..
(To D and K: This one is for you guys… To the January evenings… Lava Lava and Bandstand! )
11 comments:
Sniff...sniff...original..."The Future's bright...the future's ----"
:)..certainly not dark!
ahhh...miss those dayss.....thnx fr documenting thm.....bt ths shd b growing...a lot hs happened we r probably in phase II
the erstwhile hutch brand renamed itself to orange specifically in mumbai and the rest of maharashtra !!!
any coincidence in here or what ???
i never quite noticed this pattern, but it certainly is interesting..
Mumbai is so filled with variety, and then again, nothing changes there.. strange!
nice one roro.. very nice one.. & to K too!! :-)
@ Shiva: Nop, the future's certainly not dark :)
@ Rana: Yes man... those were the days... as they say memories are always happy... that even applies for the not so pleasant ones... But yes, this was just the beginning... as I said, soon the pirates would land, and change everything!!
@ Ajax: No, there's no direct connection... not that I know of... but as Shiva rightly pointed out... the tagline for the same was : The future is bright, the future is orange!!.. that sure applies for this city!!
And let me add a line to that for you: THE FUTURE IS BOMBAY!!
@ Appu: Well, there are always patterns... some hidden and others evident... But, everybody sees a different pattern, because everybody sees things differently...
What pattern do you observe? :)
Neat......
Hmmm.... now I get what u wr talking abt during the interview!!! awesome n awesome blog. keep writing... n write for us too :)
To Roro,
The Orange Mumbai book is being written in pieces in several blogs. I guess this is how we r gonna finalize a complete edition.
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