Healthy n Happy on Mumbai Roads...

June 10, 2011  
 

Why is a Mumbaikar happy n healthy? 
You got to come and see.....
Just being on the roads of Mumbai
Keeps one as FIT as can be!
 
A Mumbaikar gets his neck exercises
And boy! he gets it in style....
When as he drives his two-wheeler
He balances his mobile!
 
Placed precariously is the instrument
Between his neck and the shoulder blade
He gets his Neck Exercises alright
Just the perfect grade!
 
Our roads are dotted with potholes
Which routinely exercises our spine...
It is this permanent road condition 
That keeps it super fine!
 
Watch OUT!!!! For the BEST Buses
They surprise you indeed!
They whoooosh in from all the sides
They come in with great speed....
 
And by doing so, the Good Samaritans....
Let you toss n turn n warp
But in the process, gentle reader,
They keep your reflexes sharp!
 
We Mumbaikars are a blessed lot
We get an excellent eye exercise, you know,
You have to rotate them all the while
While you are on the go!
 
Many a times we communicate
Strictly with our EYES alone
“I am turning, by heck! YOU will wait...”
Our communication skills we hone!
 
When rickshaws from enter every corner,
NOPE! You will not honk in vain
Your deep breathing exercises you start
If you want to remain sane!
 
While traffic snarls keep you engaged
And precious fuel you burn
Patience and endurance skills
Are added bonus - you earn!
 
If you are a pedestrian....
Only the fittest - welcome aboard
Not meant for the weak n meek
No- Not one Mumbai Road!
 
Because you got to be the fittest 
And perform near impossible feats
You beat the best of nimble goats
To cross the Mumbai Streets!
 
So fit n healthy, deliriously happy
That’s how we merrily stay.....
If , dear reader, you are on the roads of Mumbai
You are a winner all the way!

 

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by Robin Dyson Almeida
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Comment on this article

  • Shekar Amin, Barkur, Mumbai

    Thu, Jun 30 2011

    Good one. Robin understands Mumbai much better

  • Dsouza, Mumbai

    Tue, Jun 14 2011

    Very well written...Mumbai....city of dreams...

  • anita dsouza(quadros) , mumbai / dubai

    Mon, Jun 13 2011

    Robin,Every word you said is true of Mumbai roads and life of people in Mumbai. Superbly penned poem... Next time write about the life in the 'locals' -trains- and communting day after day..in the life line of Mumbai. We were the swiftest and carefree people there, while we lived and worked there for decades and never thought of any more untold luxury... Mumbai is what Mumbai is and you need to actually live there to experience the sweetness of Mumbai, inspite of the various Badhs and Sanitary problems there.. The people of Mumbai are self giving and helpful, which is also a plus factor, inspite of all difficulties.. Keep writing Robin...

  • Arlene Fernandes, Mumbai/Qatar

    Sun, Jun 12 2011

    Every word Robin has written is absolutely true, prior to my life in Qatar, I was fit as a fiddle in Mumbai, alert in every sense and wonderful feeling of being alive as another day would end. Thanks Robin for revived memories of once being a Mumbaikar

  • Naveen, Bangalore

    Sun, Jun 12 2011

    Excellent, just loved reading this article about one amazing place of my great country. It is amazing that life still goes on, the honking, the patience shown by the drivers, the amazing skills of everyone. Just loved reading this. MERA BHARAT MAHAN

  • John DSouza, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 11 2011

    Amazing. Healthy and happy by inhaling polluted air, melodiously enjoying the disturbing sound, proudly riding the vehicles by using expensive fuel and blindly ignoring the surroundings.
    Let the poem be eye opener, amusing or sorrowful, no effect on busy life and struggle for survival.

  • OSWALD VAZ, THOTTAM/BAHRAIN

    Sat, Jun 11 2011

    Mumbikers are really DABAAGS of 21St century.They deserved to be saluted for their bravery.

  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    Great poem.

    Mr. Kurt Waschnig's challenging
    and eye-opening comment may force
    us to sing another song of sorrow
    after watching the hopeless masses
    everywhere in that mega city of
    greater excitement. I have visited
    the city twice, travelled through
    the city trains. Some of the sights
    were very hard to erase from the
    memory and crippled my conscience.

  • ashenoy, mangloor

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    Amchi Mumbai. Keeps us fit. A great city and full of life.

  • John DSouza, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    It is good, if we are comfortable, happy and healthy with the above situation.
    But if we are looking for a solution we can try.

    Telecommunication has been revolutionised with the Information Technology, but the land transport is still under evolution mode.
    If we make a slight change in the concept, we can save a considerable amount of fuel along with reduction in air pollution, sound pollution and have many other valuable benefits.
    The gravity power of earth is powerful, abundant and free which we can be used as an alternate energy. Perhaps it will lead to the land transport revolution. Think and decide.

  • Kurt Waschnig, Oldenburg/Germany

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    My dear Robin Dyson Almeida you are talented and I like your poem you even made me smile and I enjoyed reading it.
    The experiences I made in Mumbai were traffic jams, pollution, environmental disaster, stress and poor people living in the streets on pavements without hope and any future and facing indifference.

    Mumbai is the commercial centre of India and the gap between rich and poor is tremendous.
    As mentioned above I like your poem and I would like to ask you not to forget the poorest of the poor in Mumbai.
    Write a poem for them that we are aware of what they are undergoing day by day, how they suffer in a city like Mumbai where thousands of people of the rural countryside move to Mumbai daily in order to find a job only to survive.
    Keep writing!



    Best regards


    Kurt Waschnig Oldenburg Germany

  • geoffrey, hathill

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    If this were true,
    then we Mangloreans would've been the healthiest and happiest lot on planet earth.

  • Jasmine, Mumbai/Mangalore/Qatar

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    Fantastic poem. Perfect - I could literally recall and live each rhyme written. Surely will read it every now and then.

  • Tony, Mangalore/Sydney

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    I liked it Robin - why like - simply loved it! This is one of your best - you couldn`t have explained better the Mumbai roads, the traffic and the chaos that follows in this poetic version - well done son! I might add though the same goes to the cities like Pune, Bangalore and Mangalore as well! One has to be an expert driver and always altert to drive on the roads of these cities, and one distraction or inattention, you are in trouble!

  • Nancy, Belman

    Fri, Jun 10 2011

    Wonderfully written the life of a mumbaikars..


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