Sunday, July 31, 2005

Blog of Vivek Kiranji

hmmm.....

varsha ne kranti se dosti karli and shanti kahi nazar nahi aarahi hain...just penned down while chatting with my enemy..... :-)))

adios
viki

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

24 Hrs

Right now i am wondering how i should start this blog....so many things going in my mind. To start with i will just give the overview of wat had happened here in Mumbai.
Mumbai.....was struck by heavy showers on tuesday...so heavy heavy that it was a record breaking 94.4 cm rain.....never recorded before in indian history.....mumbai broke cherrapunji record of 83 cm. mumbai was bought to a complete standstill....no trains...no buses....no phone working....not even cell phones...no electricity...and to add that mumbai was flooded completely.....
as i stay in dombivli ...a distant suburb near mubai...and i work in andheri...reaching home was a big adventure....nothing short of a decathlon......after spending half of night in the office i decided to walk to my boss's House along with him as there was nothing in the office...no food no electricity....with a brave heart we...ventured into the torrential rains which was hitting he streets of mumbai.....as soon as i reached on the roads...i felt as if somebody is throwing buckets of water over my head.....its wrong to call it a shower......it was fun for some and worse for others ...but for me...this rain i would rate as at its worst best.....anyways after reaching my boss's place...prepared some food in the dark at about 2 in the night and then slept till the sun rose...it was still raining...i would say this was showers this time.....then just wondered wat i had seen while coming to this house from office...waist high waters ...cars floating all around...which were abandonded....long queues of buses standing with ppl sleeping in it....some the cars were right into the big gutter.....wat a loss that was....some how we had reached here wading through strong currents......
but this was not the end...the second innings was remaining.....10 o clock in the morning..i left that place so that i can reach dombivli....i was at marol.....then walked till saki vihar road....a 2 km walk....luuckily got a rick who took me to mulund...from there i some how got to Thane station.....then went to the station...only to know fron station master that there is no chance of trains starting till next morning.....but i was determined to reach home...i had two options walk from tahne to dombivli...thats another cool 25 km...or take a rick to kalyan....than walk for 10 km to reach home......i took the second option as it had less amount of walking....was a good as well bad decision......before reaching kalyan we came to a spot where the water was like 10 feet above the road level....trucks remained submerged......so i started walking backwards,....as i remembered i had seen some railway tracks some...few km back...so aftera walk of 45 min...i reached the tracks....om enquiry i found that these train tracks go to wards diva.....a city next to dombivli.....so i started my marathon walk....after walking for nearly 2hr i reached outskirts of dombivli......on my way over the tracks...i saw cows and Buffalo's floating and being swept away in water.........whole villages submergerd...thanks to the engg whoever had designed the track.....kept it elevated almost 5m above the land.....which really helped......reached home at about 6 in the evening.........its thursday....today...ppl have still not reached home as there is no road connecting dombivli and other part of the town..........theres lot more to write....but no time.....in my lifetime....this was the most adventurous 24 hrs of my life.....
viki