Jai Maharashtra Mee Mumbaikar ,,

Advocate Ashish Shelar Promises To Heal Bandra ..

I told Advocate  Ashish Shelar that if he wins and if his party comes to power he must give some attention to Bandra Bazar Road , the slums , stop more from proliferating and more open spaces a good community affordable swimming pool for the Bandra youth , a vocational guidance center for the poor and backward classes ..

And I made my way to cast my Vote I decided it was wasting my Vote by using NOTA .. I decided to use my heart my soul and Vote wisely..

Muslim Man With His Wife ,,,15 Years Down The Drain

living in the ghetto
is what his life remains
his hands his future
bound in chains within
his unflinching vote
for this party he feels
the pain let down
by those he voted
to power neglected
unemployed in their
reign..rising prices
that have driven him
insane remembered
only during election
time the muslim youth
his efforts to better him
self all in vain ..driving
rickshas cabs doing
menial jobs an insult
to his indian heart
his bhartiya brain

looted booted uprooted
the muslim youth hope
throttled in a backlane

invariably held as a
suspect in any crime
the system considers
him guilty before he
is proved innocent
on his character an
irremovable stain

the system in his
case is never humane

a hand that let him down
over the years unable
to contain riots there
is so much hurt but
decorum he maintains

wherever he goes
a character certificate
he must obtain  tainted
for his ethnicity his religiosity
by insensitive cops he is
the first to be questioned
detained ..only during the
polls he becomes part of every
party's  election campaign..

dance of democracy without
remorse or  constrains

Even After The Elections She Will Still Remain A Beggar

she will be begging
all her life from birth
to grave destinys
slave her life merely
inconsequential ,
begging at juhu beach
wave after wave ,,
she will die unsung
a nameless face
even her god
cant save ,,facing
the arduous blows
of life one by one
this lonely brave
just once only
once a chiiled
lemonades is
what she craves ,,

to my good friend
mr thomas hawk for
helping me time and
again..or i would have
caved doomed depraved

Bandra Bazar Road Is Dying Slowly ,, But Surely

The Heritage Of The Dhobis Of Bandra Bazar Road


Once upon a time , many years back the entire Bandra Reclamation area and parts of Bandra Bazar road was a sea front , where the Dhobis dried the clothes and it was a Dhobi Ghat .

When all this land was reclaimed slums became buildings the Dhobis got rooms in place of their tenements and till this day Shaheen Building houses the Dhobis they wash the clothes get it dried near Carter Road and have it pressed in these rooms .

Most of the Dhobis are Bhaiyyas North Indian migrants .. the other race that stayed alongside here with them were the Kathiawadis and the Karie Muslims of Konkan the place is till this day called Karie  chawl.

With the advent of the jeans and second hand cloth sellers of Bandra Hill Road the Dhobis got a new lease on their profession , these clothes are washed altered pressed and re sold much cheaper than the stores on Bandra Hill Road .

The small time Bakda tailors alter the big size jeans into drain pipe stilettos , or cut the badly used jeans into micro shorts that fashionistas buy off the streets .

The Dhobis still grumble that the builders who bought their slums gave them a raw deal as they had huge sprawling houses in the past on the shoreline that  is now the Reclamation and Bazar Road .

This part of Bandra is the most neglected area of the Queen of the Suburbs , given  step motherly treatment by all the politicians who represent this area ,,,the worst deal was given to the East Indian original inhabitants of Bandra fishing villages known as Gaothans ,, sadly any political party that comes to power forgets to develop this this rich heritage block where all communities live in peace hope harmony.

For last 15 years this area has been taken for a ride ..the local bazar is the filthiest dirtiest , open garbage , open gutters , open drains but our local representatives are the only ones that cant see it ,,they are busy developing Pali Hill Carter Road Band Stand and Linking Road Khar Santarcruz..

And there is a drubbing in the offing because you cant fool all the people all the time with false promises colorful brochures and Dengue Free Bandra .

I hope Advocate Ashish Shelar and Mr Aaditya Thackeray Ms Punam Mahajan read this too.. the ruling satraps dont read blogs ,,