These are the few iconic crosses crucifix at Bandra Bazar Road, most of these Crosses were placed in gratitude by the East Indians for the bounties they received from the Lord , for saving them and their family from the Great Plague .
And these relics are centuries old , adding to the inherent charm of the East Indian commune known as Gaothans fishing villages , which had their Parish close by , and fields stretched as far as eye can see .
But good dreams turn into nightmare , thanks to the lust of money power greed , most of these ancient homes were usurped from the East Indians pushing them out into the distant suburbs of Uttan Nalla Sopara.
For a short while I stayed at Veronica Road as tenant and it was a lucky place belonging to Agnes , after we moved out Preity Zinta came to stay here , it was perhaps much luckier for her than us.
And now Bandra has adopted us we have been living in the Bandra Bazar gaothan for many years now , it has become a part of us , and when something hurts the East Indians it hurts us too.
Being a Muslim has not been an excuse to turn a blind eyes to our neighbors woes ..
So the cross covered in plastic watches centuries go by , as waves of pain after pain hits the East Indian community ,unnecessarily targeted for removing the Crosses by the very people they bought to power by their votes.
And sadly the Church watches mutely from a distance , and it is these Crosses in the bylanes of Bandra that reached out to the common East Indian man woman in the time of his tragic tribulations ,,
And when Crosses get desecrated it is a humiliating thought , acts done by the cowardly in the night under darkness , and as far as governance or law and order in Mumbai goes forget the common man even God is not safe in our beloved city ,, of Dreams .
