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Mumbai Help

a blog that aims to put together information on helplines in Bombay and mobilieze and co-oridate info and help during the rains.

The real Bombay Rockers - Da Tapoori's

What's the first thing that comes in your mind when you think of Tapoori's of Bombay??
nuisance value, eve teasing anti social elements , abusive n loud,fit for nothing moolchand eaters who find Salman khan cool and his item girls raapchik.....

I've heard, read and overheard many incidents of the exemplary acts of courage,selflessness and presences of mind of these very tapooris from saki-naka, marol, goegaon, dombivali, bhiwandi, kurla, powai, Gandhi nagar, vikroli park site, vakola, kalina, kurla, Borivali, dahisar, dattapada, poinsur....

The tappori were part of the infinite Mirta Mandals, Rahivashi Sangh's, youth groups and Mohalla committees from the infinite Basti's,Building's, zoppadpaati's and chawl's that are spread out across the city and its suburbs..

Some of the things that these guys did

• formed human chains to guide public through the flooded water
• swam n saved kids and old people
• warned people about manholes, gutters and nallah's by placing warning ropes and using sticks and bamboos to steers and probe for manholes
• bashed up taxi drivers who were fleecing public
• stopped every possible vehicle to ferry more people to their destinations
• mobilized more volunteers who in turn got more for the fielding and volunteer work
• distributed drinking water to the thirsty

There are many more such stories of ordinary Bombayites which need to be chronicled and be recognized by the people of this city of hope and dreams, So that whenever we face nature's fury in the future it shouldn't be as bad as it was this time.

We need to tell the politicians that we can do very well without you, and please don't even fucking think about coming for my vote for the BMC elections.
SS,BJP,NCP,Congress .. ... My Middle finger salute to you

Pic courtesy Sai's Bindass Bol.

DUS ko milta hai Saath!!

I saw DUS today, damn late 4 weeks after its release at Jaya, Borivali ..... a few reasons no tickets, rain, office shifting etc etc...

Over Movie is well made, nice plot, good songs and item numbers , no faltoo acting except the needless melodrama at the end by the entire cast.... Acting was average by all but stunts were really cool...
I liked da movie.... definitely worth a dekko if you haven't seen it yet...
DUS gets 7/10 from me :))

Movies I wanna watch
virrudh
Madagascar
fantastic 4
the interpreter
The Rising
7 1/2 pheres

Am I missing any new releases apart from Masookha!!

(Jaya Talkies is also famous for its RWITC, Derby betting counter and its Kumar Sleazy Video Parolur :)) )

BMC red alert for epidemic

BMC red alert for epidemic

I have always been saying Beer piyo, sab beemari n keedas gayab!!

You are a goan catholic If

I'd received this mail earlier too from friends in I.C but this one is courtesy GoanPao's BLog

* You and your girlfriend are "friendly"
* You've never had a grandmother, you've always had a Nana; The same goes for Dada
* Bastard is baashturd And baashturd is always preceeded by bleddie
* And if the DJ doesn't play the "masala" he's a bleddie baashturd and u feel like jhaaping or clipping him (Masala means songs starting with Glayan sankli sonya chi..and ending with Ya Ya mayem yo..)
* The first thing you ask another catholic is "Which Parish?"
* And you are a Mayhim boy or a Banruh girl
* Every sentence you say ends with "men"
* Women are "chicks" and men are "buggers"
* It's okay if you skipped your best friend's birthday, but Sunday 9 o'clock mass - "Have to go men, to meet da chicks and da buggers!"
* You utter 9 Fu*&s for every 3 words
* You know at least one person in Vasai, Borivali I.C. colony and Orlem, each
* You know 13 Savio's and 7 Seans. (Shawns)
* You've been living in Bombay all your life, but you're actually from Goa
* You'll skip the India vs Pakistan cricket match but not the Christmas dance
* You love going to the local "fete" to watch the parish king and queen contest
* When you disagree you say "balls"
* You can't play cricket to save your life, but you rock at football
* You don't like Remo too much, but if a non-catholic doesn't like him, you'll kick his arse for it
* Your Hindi is a little better than Michael Jackson's
* You claim you can't speak Konkani, but in reality, you can use it to win the Nobel Prize for literature
* Christmas is not happy, it's merry
* Suits are black, dark blue and grey. Only.
* Sunday is chicken/prawn curry day
* Your freezer is filled with last years Sorpotel, which if u heat and eat with pao no, its damn tashty man!
* When you order pav bhaji, you eat more pav than bhaji
* You hate mangies and vice-versa
* Both Goans and mangies hate east-indians a little
* You didn't watch Sholay but you've seen "Sound of Music", "Benhur", "Passion of Christ", "Ten Commandments" in a theatre.
* You think Mel Gibson is such a nice man.
* And Last but not the least your father thinks He is Portuguese even though he can barely grunt one or two Portuguese words.

 

 

 

 

buffalo stranger!!

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Finally home

Though I'm posting this after 20 hours after reaching home... Its feels nice to be home... Dry clothes and a sofa to zzz....

I reached at 10 pm yesterday (27th July), right now I'm at the SIFY cyber cafe in my area...
Our boss dropped us at Bandra Reclamation junction, then me bhatta and girish walked towards Bandra station....
.. The road towards badna station was in all shambles and shit....
The often abused and blamed slum dwellers made a human chain and were guiding the public towards the railway station... Kids were holding cardboard placards and directing the route through the bandra masjid gullies...
Bandra majid and the local mohalla people were distributing water to the commuters...

Bandra station....
it was like a sea of humanity which had assembled to head home....
we decided to skip a few trains, we caught the 3rd train to borivali.... After moving slowing till upto Santa Cruz for about 40-45 mins , we reached borivali in 40 mins...
then took a Auto and reached in 10 mins....

Overall smooth journey if you compare to the ordeals many of my friends had to go thorough....

I've taken a few pics will post them soon...

I hope the GODS take a break and throw some sunshine :))

Grant Road Station

Grant Road Station
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Grant Road Station

Grant Road Station
Originally uploaded by GreyArea.

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The survival of the wettest

Bridge over troubled waters A crowd over a bridge near Chinchpokoli Wake up and see the Lower Parel Lower Parel is affected by the deluge Sleeper class A commuter seizes the opportunity for a nap Kids find a safe perch a la carte as survival stays high on the menu It’s business unusual as this bread and eggs seller learns life is not always sunny side up My fate not in my hands Youngsters get wet and wild as the waters swirl around them at Matunga By hook or by book School children hang on for dear life as they go home A trunk call for divine help Ganpati murtis in the water at Chinchpokli

Raintime Time City (in millimeters) Suburbs (in millimeters) 8.30 am to 11.30 am 0.00 0.9 11.30 am to 2.30 pm 7 18.4 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm 26.5 380.6 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm 0.6 267.6 Total in 12 hours 40.1 666.9

Rainstats * The highest rainfall in Maharashtra was recorded 575 milimeters in August 1974. Today’s rainfall was an all time high after 31 years. * Heavy rain to hit Mumbai in the next 48-hours. * MTNL, Orange, BPL, BSNL services were restricted. * Reliance switched off its power supply in western and eastern suburbs. * 28 killed: 22 dead in Raigad, 6 dead in Ratnagiri, 159 trapped in landslide across the state. * Army and Navy have been put on rescue operations. * 8-year-old boy killed in wall collapse in Kandivli. * Fire brigade received over 1,000 calls throughout the day on flooding, tree falls, short circuits and drowning cases. * A 10-foot long wall adjacent to Majas Depot, opposite Fantasy Land collapsed. Ten to 15 families of construction labourers are feared dead. * Schools in Mumbai and Thane to be shut for two days. * Mumbai–Pune Express Highway closed. * Vidarbha, Marathwada and Talegao to expect heavy rainfalls over the next few days. * State government ask people to restrict travel as far as possible. * Electricity in some part of the city gone. * Reliance stop power supply in some parts of the suburbs. It will restore power when the water level recedes. * Warning issued to fishermen. * Army, SRPF and Home Guard to begin rescue operation. * State government appraises Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil about the situation. * Landslides in Raigad. * Navy to start rescue operation in Raigad from Wednesday. * 54 people feared dead and over 150 injured across the State. * State announces high alert. * Rain measure 600 ml till late at night an heaviest in this season. * Airport closed down. * Government ask for center help. * Jet and Sahara airlines cancels their flight. Indian airlines diverted six flights. * Local and mobile phones down in some part of the city. * Eleven gates of Vishnupuri dam have been opened and villagers along the bank of Godavari river have been alerted and district administration has geared up for relocating them. * The BEST ran 425 extra buses all over the city to relive the people. * Byculla, Masjid Bunder, Sion, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund in the Central railway, Mankhurd and Chembur o the Harbour and Mumbai Central, Grant road, Matunga road on the Western railways were the station which were affected the most. Heavy rains affect mobile/phone and power supplies. The total rain recorded between 8.30 am to 8.30 pm was 660 cm. Heavy rains today affected the phone networks jamming mobile phones across the city causing inconvenience to the scores of consumers, especially those stranded due to the inundation. Mobile service providers MTNL, BSNL, Orange and BPL were to a certain extent affected while Orange reported some equipment failure which was being rectified, company officials said. The spokespersons of the Tata Indicom, Reliance and Airtel, who could be contacted on their mobile phones, claimed that their respective networks were working properly as there was enough back up and no inconvenience was caused to the customers. The officials of Orange and BPL, however, could not be reached. A telecom company official said that during such circumstances there is a heavy traffic and the network is jammed as people want to call leading to the collapse of the network.

Need help? 1916: BMC control 22694725 or 22694727: Disaster Management 22027990 / 22793551: State Control 22626655: Highway Control 22620332 /22662138: Police Control 23085992: Fire Control

 

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