Thursday, July 09, 2009

Vote for Flying Machine

The news channels are at it again. The day it rains a bit, they are out covering the water logged areas from morning to evening and reporting how it is not sensible to venture out of the house. Last Saturday Rascal happened to travel by bus from Colaba to Mulund and saw few TV channels stationed at Parel to give live report of the flooding. According to Rascal's aankhon dekha haal, there was no water on his side, traffic was moving smoothly, there was some water on the other side and he thinks the traffic jam must have been created by the vans stationed by them channels. I said, at least there was real rain water, over time they might bring their own tankers in the stealth of the night to flood some localities and create some news.

Now Parel and its step sister lower Parel are so low-lying, that if each resident of those chawl buildings lining the road decide to throw half a bucket of water on the road at the same time, they are sure to flood the road even in summer. As for warning the Mumbaikars, does anybody pay heed to the news. To let in a secret, we wait for the opportunity to walk home from Churchgate to Virar or VT to Thane or any place in between every monsoon. We need our yearly dose of adrenaline to take us through the drudgery of the rest of the year. This year we even have the Bandra-Worli sea-link to walk on: toll-free. The news channels are out to spoil it for us. If I had the power I would allow only 2 news channels and ration the news hour to only two hours per day, i.e, 4 half an hour slots. For entertainment we can all go back to watching Tom & Jerry.

6 comments:

Zoya said...

"...only 2 news channels and ration the news hour to only two hours per day, i.e, 4 half an hour slots. For entertainment we can all go back to watching Tom & Jerry"

AMEN !!!

Seema Smile said...

The rain induced panic-creating news on T.V is almost as comical as Tom & Jerry. But I prefer the real thing.

Seema Smile said...

I just watched a large decayed branch fall off a coconut tree.. in slow motion ... good morning... yes I am stalking you on all sites :p

Flying Machine said...

what does a large decayed branch of a coconut tree falling off has to do with me?

Am I missing something or is it common among stalkers to use metaphor which the stalked can not understand.

Tell me I say.

Seema Smile said...

Nope... no metaphor... jest like that only!!! BTW, there are no kogonut trees in the gelf I believe... new business idea ... I will offer to toss large coconuts on the heads of all the gelf malayalis jest to make them feel at home.

Calvy said...

lol! Tom & Jerry to the rescue:)

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