"Rain, rain go away,
Come again another day,
Little Johnnie wants to play,
Rain, rain go away."
This was a rhyme I had never understood as a child. Who the deuce would want rains to go away? Having been... Read The Article
Hi,kajal Rain come with many problems but it also take chang in atmosphere & in people.,every year rain comes & sitution is same,.,in every city, every village,.but people enjoy it,.,'aav ra varsad'.
( Posted: Tuesday , June 10, 2008 at 18:57 )
Dhaval
Great...
I too belong from Saurashtra and while reading this, u made me nostalgic...U described the feelings of people beautifully...
Also made me feel good to read a blog from a person who belongs to the same region as mine.
Keep it up..!!
( Posted: Monday , June 09, 2008 at 19:49 )
Dhaval
Great...
I too belong from Saurashtra and while reading this, u made me nostalgic...U described the feelings of people beautifully...
Also made me feel good to read a blog from a person who belongs to the same region as mine.
Keep it up..!!
( Posted: Monday , June 09, 2008 at 19:48 )
Deshbhakt
Well it isn't Mumbai alone that gets flooded during heavy showers. The fact is, in every city with the bustling of population all low lying areas where water used to accumulate, have been filled up and houses built on that. So where does the water go? It runs straight along the roads the only empty space and soon the roads resemble a river in spate. If it happens to rain very heavily, then water gushes into our houses.
( Posted: Monday , June 09, 2008 at 17:38 )
yes you are right every city does get flooded, but no other city is as crowded as Mumbai...my only contention is that compared to the population and the pace of life, the arrangements are not adequate to handle even 70 mm of constant rain...
( Posted by kajal on Monday , June 09, 2008 at 18:41 )
Kajal Do you remember that Mumbai is an Island and also a dharmashala for all the people of India. IF SOMEONE IN UP OR BIHAR cannot provide employment or a good livelihood, safety and law and order, Mumbai is the place to be. You too came here in search of a good livelihood. Its not the Mumbai governance at fault but the entire coutry. How much do we get from the central coffers when we give so much as taxes? The crowds are because of all of you. We live on an island and the tides do stop water from going out of the city. so either people who dont like this place leave or dont just feel bad work towards making it better. What about all those encroachments, do you think they should be legalised as the Congress is planning? Take a stand and then be politically active, atleast vote and then talk about all of this.
( Posted by ranzoh on Tuesday , June 10, 2008 at 14:42 )
you have very easily assumed sir that I dont vote...have you is my question? and before you blame all the problems on migrants tell me sir, as a true Mumbaikar, what exactly have you done for the city...its all very easy to assume that people who come from outside hate the city...the fact is that most of us do stay on because we love it as much...and disaster management is as much the responsibility of migrants as it is of residents and more so of the government which has taken it upon itself to ignore every single lesson learnt from the deluge
( Posted by Kajal on Friday , June 13, 2008 at 12:42 )
and do you mean to say that the inefficiency of the scores of departments involved should be excused just because there are migrants in the city? dont you realise that this is just one of the scores of excuses that people are coming up with for justifying their faults and inefficiency? the slums are populated as much by Maharashtrians as by non-Maharashtrians...and please refer to the latest govt survey...more than 60% migrants to Mumbai every year are Maharashtrians themselves...so sir much of what is said is just an excuse
( Posted by Kajal on Friday , June 13, 2008 at 12:57 )
Ramesh
I have been living in Mumbai for the past 9 years, and also from Surat. I was in Mumbai during 2005 deluge, and in Surat during AUG 2006 floods with SEVEN FEET Water in side my house for a week, when 90% Surat was submerged in water upto 20' in some places. The difference was, Mumbaite cry,crip and make a issue of it and celebrate it annually alongwith media. Whereas in Surat, the city was made clean within a fortnight, and when I went there during Navratri and Diwali, the whole city was transformed. The authorities and citizens co-operated with each other and took it on their strides and worked for it.However, in Mumbai, everything is an eyewash, as people themselves including the so called "Marathi Manoos" are not willing to work for this city. In fact, How many bureacrats have gone to the field and worked throughout the night to clear the mess. Mr.Rao,the municipal commissioner alongwith his Municipal employees saw to it, that the city was cleaned up, both during "socalled plague" and 2006 floods, and restored it to its original glory. Surtis literally threw out the politicians ( both BJP & others) and co-operated with the commissioner to get the city moving. I can never imagine,that sort of thing happening in Mumbai, as Mumbaiya's are interested in making Money and does not have an iota of Civic Sense.As both the citizen and the authorities have to work for it, whereas in Mumbai politicians are interested only driving wedges among people.
( Posted: Monday , June 09, 2008 at 15:12 )
Aurindam
Hmmmm... The traffic is always thrown out of gears during the rains. There have been occassions when I have been stuck for about 2 hours in the traffic in my office-bus. But generally I have some book to accompany me!! I m talkin about Bangalore though.
( Posted: Monday , June 09, 2008 at 11:55 )
Amit
Read Kalidasa's epic Meghdootam....For us dark clouds bring hope, the west wants to save for the 'rainy day'. But Mumbai I guess is neither here nor there.
( Posted: Sunday , June 08, 2008 at 23:02 )
Varun Kumar
Hi Kajal
Well, incidentally I was in Mumbai on Friday for some officail work and was literally stuck in traffic jam for over 2 hours. And it reminded me of the dialogue in the movie "Tashan" wherein Saif Ali Khan asks Kareena if she is new in Mumbai as she dint carry an umbrella in that particular rain scene. Also, I had written a blog on the same topic and its posted on ibnlive.com as well.
Nice expression of thoughts only that it is restricted to Mumbai in particular. Keep writing :)
( Posted: Sunday , June 08, 2008 at 18:51 )
John Mathew
well said....i guess there isn't a way to get out of this mess...but hey, at least it bring a relief from the sickening heat that the past few months have been offering us!!!!
( Posted: Sunday , June 08, 2008 at 11:52 )
RM
Just to clarify the context of the nursery rhyme! It is the wet and long rainy days which spoil the fun in little Johnny's life which he and scores of kids hate/lament!If one lives in England ( or the temperate zones) and waited all winter for the onset of summer and the long days and sunshine and If you are under five and the grown ups keep yelling at you not to go out and stay indoors and it is wet and cold outside then they do hate it and want the rain to go away!! The rhyme was written for a different country and climate!The rain in tropical countries have different social/fun connotations and like you described the onset of monsoons and the resulting deluge is welcome respite for the city dwellers and the rural folk alike! the present day metropolitan life which is the result of inept planning and execution of plans by Govt. inertia is a new development and is probably only 50 years old so hasn't had time to Seep into our native culture yet!
( Posted: Sunday , June 08, 2008 at 03:38 )
I sure do know that Johnnie was English sir...but monsoons in Mumbai can compare to the English weather too (if hardcore Mumbaikars don't deem it as an insult)...and the point was not about whether the poem is for India or England...the point was that if Johnnie had lived in today's Mumbai he would have hated going out too because as you rightly pointed out the planning is sorely inept!
( Posted by kajal on Monday , June 09, 2008 at 18:49 )
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