Pictures


Probably the most narrow street I've ever walked on. This is in Bandra Village.


Vinod (l) Mritunjay (r) at Vinod's


Babu. I told him I was going to take his picture and he insisted on dressing up. Usually he just wears gym shorts and a tank top. A few days before, he turned the television onto How I Met Your Mother, which was not dubbed or subtitled, and he said, "I like." On Saturday night he watched the Miss U.S.A. pageant. Notice the picture of the guy over Babu's shoulder. That's the Parsi godfather character. That same picture is in every room in the guesthouse.


Cows just be walkin' down highways here.


Rickshaws taken from the back of a rickshaw.


Wishful thinking and creative Indian English. Zebra crossing would be a crosswalk, and an Indian would never use one on purpose.


This building and billboard is across the street from my guesthouse. Shooutout at Lokhandwala is the most massive hit of the summer so far, and my guesthouse is in Lokhandwala. Makes it relevant.


The tall building on the left is my guesthouse building. I moved out this morning.

Comments

wendylinge said…
I love that--"keep traffic in harmony". Even if it doesn't hold true in Mumbai, you can believe I will be telling that to your father, as he darts in & out of traffic, cursing at women drivers!
wendylinge said…
Thank you for the picture of Babu. I had pictured him looking like Sajid Kahn who played Raji on the TV show Maya--a show from my jr. high days. To my 12 year old, Midwestern eyes Sajid Kahn was "it". Maya was a show about an American kid, played by Jay North (who was TV's Dennis the Menace, also blonde haired & blue eyed--this show was shot completely on location so I think you can sympathize with him!), who was searching for his father in the jungles of India. Raji helped him & Maya was his elephant. I would have to say that TV show & the book the Far Pavilions, taught me everything I know about India--up until now, when you are giving me a more realistic education. A good thing too, because a 60's TV show & a book about colonial, occupied India are not the type of things I want to keep bringing up in conversations!
wendylinge said…
Sorry, Sajid's last name is spelled Khan & he is 55 now & balding. I googled him. Another of my pubescent fantasies bites the dust. I think he may live in Mumbai, however, if you see him, give him my regards & try & get an autographed picture of him as Raji. Have him write:
To: Wendy, the coolest chick at Fayette Jr. High, Love & Kisses, Sajid

I will take it to my 35th high school reunion this summer & show it to all my friends & say "See, I told you I knew this guy!"

Nah, I'm only joking. Or am I?
wendylinge said…
Please add Rudyard Kipling's, Riki Tiki Tavi, to the list of things that have taught me everything I know about India, or I should say, everything I thought I knew!