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I went shopping to Dadar, and it was a journey through the shabby bylanes in Mumbai. I went to Dadar, and  walking in the middle of the congested road gave me the jitters, but it was the only way to get through. An hour and a half of shopping later, it was time to get back on the local train, and head back home. The local train brought back memories of when I broke my glasses in the crowded second class. I was a long time ago, I was in class 8 I guess. The ride on first class was truly first class, and I took snaps and a lengthy video of the journey. Dinner was good, and was a veg thaali accompanied by mutton curry.. Mumbai Train ride Here are the pictures..

So I am back in Mumbai and it was a kind of impromptu decision to come here. I opted the cheapest option to get to the airport. I took the bus to the airport for the first time, and found it very hassle free, and time saving. Lugging the heavy bag to the Srinagar Bus stand was the only difficult part. Route number 10 came almost immediately, and it was an air conditioned ride to Majestic.. It cost me 20 bucks and about 25 minuted to get there, and the BIAL 9 was just leaving majestic when I boarded it. The route was pretty straightforward, and we went straight through Mekhri Circle, and Yelahanka. It took an hour to reach BIAL, and as usual, I was there very very early at 5 pm, to get on the 8 25 pm flight.  A long wait at the airport followed, and I was finally checked into the flight, after a few phonecalls being made to confirm my seating. The flight was full of businessmen, making their regular journeys between Bombay and Bangalore. Most started s...

Summer is here again, and it's getting pretty sweaty. The cool breeze has subsided, and there is not a cloud in the sky. The flu got to me for the first time this year and is making me feverish. And thus I am spending my second consecutive Sunday at home. I don't really feel like eating anything, and spent some time on the phone with my school friend in Bhubaneshwar. I had idli vada  at the tiffin room nearby, for breakfast, and feel like doing nothing now. I saw the view count on my blog posts today, and was pretty encouraged to see 4 pageviews on my last post. And I am not being sarcastic. I understand that almost all the readers I have had on this blog are from the US, and second from Russia. Hello to you again. Please leave a comment if you have some spare time, and send me a link to your blog as well..

I woke up this morning, and decided to do something that I hadn't done in close to 2 years. Go on a bus ride around the city. Me and my friend would do this quite often when he lived here. So I snuck into my jeans, had my breakfast, and got on my bus. It was bus route 201, the longest bus route in Bnagalore. I got on at 10 15 am, which was just after the busy rush hour. The bus was empty for the first half hour of the journey, but started filling up as we went through the commercial districts. I met my college lecturer as she got on. It took her some time to recognize me. It's been a while. The bus went meandering through the busier parts of the city and a steady flow of commuters got on and off.Office goers mostly and a few students.  I started noticing several changes along the route. The overhead metro construction work had progressed handsomely, although that can be debated, and the bus stops had been redone, and looked a bit snazzy(some of them). Earth had been du...