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[markunchained-blog]

The best way to know Mumbai is by walking on the streets, you never know what you can find where. #bandrawest #bandra #mumbai #bandrastreets #street #streetstyle #streetphotography #bollywood #loveforbollywood #sairabanu #dilipkumar #couplegoals #couple #picblogger #MarkUnchained #streetstory #mumbaidaily #mumbaidiary #bloggers #bloggerofbeauty #mera (at Bandra World of Storytellers)

[shribala-letschakde-blog]

#hyattfifteen #grandfinale to my #mumbaidiary With dear friends @nalan.gopi and @ananyaban #yetanother #Memorable #trip come to an end (at Hyatt Regency Mumbai)

[shubhthakare]

🇮🇳Independence Day And 🍯DahiHandi Celebration At New Panvel, New Mumbai. 👍👌🎉Too Much Fun With Family And Celebration Of Every Moment Of Life. Especially Time With PRABIR - PRANAVI (प्रबिर - प्राणवी) and Di-Jiju Feels Better Life. 💐👍Also Mumbai's Celebration Of Every Festivals are 100% Awesome, Traditional and Full Of Entertainment. #Hashtag #हॅशटॅग #independenceday #DahiHandi #janmashtami #Mumbai #NewMumbai #MumbaiDiary #MumbaiMirror #Family #Pranavi #Prabir #Shubh #शुभ (at Cidco Garden Sector 3 New Panvel)

[shubhthakare]

👥🎉Friendship Day Celebration With Best Friend Sumeet Patil(Art Director in Flim City) @sumeet.patil.crow And Balkrushna Patil @At Starbucks,Phoenix Marketcity Mall,Lower Parel,Mumbai...🎁🎉💐🌹 👌Really Amazing Meet Coffee Together,Chat,Communication on Work n Personal, Shopping Together And in Short Time Sumeet Patil and Me Connect by Friendship Relationship on Occasion of Friendship Day 💐💐👌👌 👍Really wonderful person and too much excited for extraordinary Work My Best Wishes Always With Him Love You Bro keep it up And All the Best for #DryDay-movie project and #PanchGanga Ganesh Mandal Project.👍💐 Please Keep in Touch and Ask For Work together Any Time am just away from a call..👍💐👌 Thank You For Your Valuable Time.👍🙏🎁💐🌹🎉 #Hashtag #हॅशटॅग #FriendShipDay #BestFriend #SumeetPatil #Balkrushna #ArtDirector #PhoenixMall #LowerParel #Mumbai #Meeting #starbucks #friends #MumbaiDiary #MumbaiMirror #Shubh #शुभ (at Starbucks India)

[onesmallwindow]

Sun's not up yet but the sky is still pretty. #sundaymorning #mumbaidiary #wakeup

[pradeepr]

RAGING MACHINES - MUMBAI AUTOS

If your faith in the the lord is wavering - take an auto ride to the suburbs of Mumbai. You get to experience the raging testosterone of the autowallas expressed in their speed. And in that moment of maddening speed, overtaking cars, not killing jaywalkers, breaking signals and pulling and pushing you with his power accelerator - you can renew your faith.

                                    Catching an auto itself is a routine. First you need to get his attention, which is like praying for an audience with him. Tentatively you extend your hand hoping to get his attention and that he mercifully slows down to hear your plea. 

He might slow down Or cross your path - without eye contact (depending on the sins that you have committed). It is amazing as to how they could just pretend to not see a grown adult in an empty street, with arms stretched out - yelling places - andheri, ghatkopar, borivalli....and continue moving in an empty auto on a empty street to godknowswhere.

Smart auto catchers quickly adjust to the situation by looking past the autofellow pretending to catch the next one - which as mr. murphy would predict the auto would definitely be full.

I have memories of my school days of the rickshaw bhaiya (no stereo-typing slur intended) who used to be an ignorer - but now that he is also a racer is new to me.

That which doesn't kill you makes you reach faster!

Swerving and speeding, hitting potholes with a vengeance, he literally lives on the edge. The passenger is someone whom he tolerates - they are the necessary evil as  they pay for the trip. Left alone, he'd prefer to fly on his own.

                            "Something similar to this"

Lot of people prefer to relax and meditate in quiet harmonious surroundings.

But that's not for me. I gingerly sit in the corner of the auto, close my eyes, focus on my breathing, try to block the surroundings (read honking and swerving) and not get alarmed when he brakes suddenly and I almost fall on his lap. 

That's "Nirvana in an Autorickshaw" for you

Picture Courtesy: MTV & Beingbindas.wordpress