Busybee Forever.
Everybody has come place called home This is my home, Bombay. I would not live anywhere else if I was paid five month's salary in a lumpsum
- Busybee
Like all Bombayites I read the Afternoon only for Busybee's article on the last page, after his death I stopped reading Afternoon except on the rareTuesday's when my Dad asked me to get one for the Stock Market Supplement.
What RK Laxman's Common man was to India, Busybee & Mario's Cartoon was to Bombay, He was an icon who truly personified Bombay. His articles were simple,funny and crisp and always a real Bombay feeling to it.
I have a book of his articles since the day he started Afternoon, a must read for every passionate Bombayite.
Its 6 years since he died, Afternoon has a tribute
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=April2007_inbombay_standard12583
Busybee lives Forever
http://www.busybeeforever.com/
Wiki on Busybee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behram_Contractor
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