It only gets worse

Yet another religious procession yesterday. Only this also included buckets of pungent pink powder being sprayed all over the place. Even non participants went home with a thin layer of pink dust on their vehicles and selves. Spent the time stuck in traffic wishing I had a Kill- O- Zap!! Jeez, someone please ban public processions! The nightmare of buses, cars and all other kinds of vehicles jostling for space in one half of an already narrow road is just too much to bear!!

Oh. My. God!

From a forwarded mail in the morning:

A man slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform at Kandivli station. Supportive bystanders told him exactly what he shouldn't do — move. The man lay absolutely still as eight bogies of the train passed over him — centimeters from his body. Within seconds the 12-coach train passed and the man clambered out, unaided, unhurt, but too shocked to speak after his near-death experience!

The French Connection

Picture courtesy of Jinesh Gandhi.

The office was in an uproar yesterday evening when Abhi-Ash (that's Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, for the uninitiated) walked into the building. The reason - the French consulate demands that visas be applied for in person. It was amusing to watch otherwise prim and proper people rushing downstairs to catch a glimpse of the celebrity couple. Hrithik Roshan was there the day before, but he failed to enthuse the crowd as much! What's with Bollywood and France anyway?

Siesta

Was on my post lunch stroll when I found this little ball of fur curled up in the shade of the Arey booth near my office. What luxury!