Having grown up in South Bombay, Colaba / Cuffe Parade too, passing these places daily in school buses and BEST 137/138 (route numbers may have changed) on the way to college, being taken once a month by parents up the majestic staircase of the Old Taj to the Sea Lounge to eat fresh strawberry ice cream and cucumber sandwiches overlooking the Arabian Sea which brought these guys in, I too feel a sense of frustration, at what Mumbai has allowed itself to become.
The same old unarmed hafta taking obese Sakharams (lampooned by Sanjeev Kumar in 'Manoranjan') being expected to take on heavily armed professionally trained Al Qaeda. The corrupt politicians with their deep mafia connections. The deliberate targeting of upperclass landmarks to delight the lumpen. And at the end of the day, our neglected, underpaid and abused Armed forces (the last barrier between civilisation as we know it and chaos) having to step in once again to allow these corrupt f***ers to rule on. Shivraj Patil is not our only problem from Maharashtra. We have Madame President with her 'khooni' brother. We also have an Oil Minister and an Aviation Minister from the State who shakedown airlines in tandem, not to speak of a recently appointed Central Information Commissioner whose sole claim to eminence is serial filing of RTIs on behalf of one faction of India's land mafia. --- In [email protected], "ANIL HEBLE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With our South Mumbai origin we've been glued to the box all day. It has > been one of the most disturbing days we can remember, as indeed for all of > us here in the group. > > When will Shivraj Patil resign ? Well, those who walk the ramp never will, I > guess, unless booted out. > > Regards / Anil Heble
