Tale of 2 cities..

Bombay roadside delicacies were taken for granted.. the pav bhajis, the onion Rava sada, the Masala Pav, ragda Pattis!!.. din realize how much I missed them until we went to this place here called 'Bombay' Shiv Sagar.. n the food was authentic Bambaiyya... the Pav bhaji tasted just like the Trushna Pav bhaji Stallwala makes it.. n Masala Dosa seamed straight out of some Udipi hotel at Vile Parle station.. one thing missing frm the cuisine... in case u havent already noticed.. was 'Vada Pav'.. never missed the "Mumbai Burger" so much.. infact one friend here even has a business plan to set up a Vada Pav stall in campus sometime...

newez.. culcutta is not bad after all.. I always wanted to experience the life here.. the howdah bridge shown in movies.. the extremely crowded streets.. the trams sleep walking amidst all the chaos.. the red decorative buildings..the 'AliPores' n the Saranis... the slew of Ambassador cabs clad in chrome yellow.. the "matki" chais...the Chowmeen!!! the citys got a life of its own.. n the people here r as passionate as u get anywhere..they r passionate abt Mithunda.. abt Uttamda.. abt Football.. (the maidans here generally have 2 goal posts.. unlike the brown strips amidst the green that u wud find in b'bay.. and any street kid wud play better football than u do!!)..abt Mishti Dohi n Rosgulla... n abt Durga Puja!!! oh man DP is as big as it gets.. I can feel it even before the festival sets off.. ppl r already in vacation mould.. unlike Bombay.. where work goes on as always during Ganpati n Diwali.. this place just comes to a standstill.. working is sin during DP!!! am gonna miss DP this time around.. but next yr this time.. u cant move my butt frm this place!!

and Calcutta is a Metro after all.. the huge office buildings.. the fly overs n the wide roads wid vehicles plying in the same direction on both sides.. the nite life.. the expensive restaurants.. the huge malls..with food courts n multiplexes.. the Elgin Roads n the Park Streets.. they r all there..

kudos to the 2 most happening metros of this country!!