I wanted to write something
and wanted to write something fun. Pop came the answer why not write about a
dear Mumbai Local. Well who stay in Mumbai will know the funny and shocking
things that happen only in apna Mumbai local, rest who have no idea what it is
to travel in Mumbai local read this blog and I am sure you will have a lol moment.
I have tried to depict the train scenes with some comic strips that I have created
hope you all enjoy them. This is the first time I am making comic strips so my
work will be very amateurish kindly bear with me please.
To know about Mumbai and its
people you definitely need to take a trip on the famous Mumbai local. You will
have a glimpse into Mumbai ki Dil ki Dhadkan. It’s been over a decade since I have
been using Mumbai’s Western Railway line to commute daily. Every day is a new
adventure, a new thrill, a new story that unfolds. I mostly travel by the 2nd class ladies
compartment on the western railway route and trust me just look around you will
surely find something amusing.
When you are travelling in
the Virar fast train and Andheri station has arrived. You find yourself among reluctant
aunties sitting in front of the train door busy enjoying the khuli khuli hawa not
ready to move even an inch, to give you some place to get out of the crowded
train. You get all agitated and feel like you need to teach these bad aunty
villains some lesson so you start your dadagirri...
When we were small we use to
play a fun filled exciting game called musical chairs mainly during terrace parties.
Everyone right from the uncle who use to take away the ball if it fell in his
balcony, to the society’s gossip queens and the whole baacha party use to dedicatedly
participate and try to win this game. Those who have not had the good fortune
to play this one let me enlighten you about it. We use to make a huge line (like
the once we make in front of the ticket counters) and go around a series of
alternately place chairs and in the background songs were played (mostly they
use to be latest item numbers or Venga Boys song Braaaziiiil ta ra ra ra ra
raaa use to be played, it’s just a personal observation people). When the song stops everyone has to find a
seat (most of the time people end up fighting for their seats) and the once
left without a seat were out. In the
ladies compartment we still play somewhat similar game. As soon as train stops at the station you
will find a humongous crowd of completely charged up ladies ready to take the seat.
As soon as they enter they start asking everyone seated where are you going to
get off??? where?? where?? They will make a note of the destinations of every
woman sitting in that compartment. In their minds they will process all the
data pretty quickly and deduce which is going to be the next vacant seat. As
soon as they will find it they will claim it by asking that lady please give me
your seat when you get down. Well this is how they do it in the ladies
compartment.
If you will eavesdrop on the
conversation that goes around in the ladies compartment you will be enlightened
with a huge amount of knowledge and some full on entertainment gossips.
