4:35AM (IST) in Mumbai
I am sooo jetlagged (it’s 6:05 pm in NY) – I can’t sleep – and so I’m here on ‘me’ blog -
So I got to Mumbai tonight. Arrived at the Mumbai Intl. Airport around 11pm IST, my dad and bro were there to pick me up. It was nice chatting with my bro and dad face to face after a year even though I think I talk to my dad and bro almost every 3-4 days.
So nothing has really changed in Mumbai in a year – it’s the same – the roads by itself are maintained and make for a fast commute from the airport to my house but the drivers on these roads are still the same. I’ve always been amazed at how this country’s roads work – how the traffic manages to work here. It’s this constant, huge, very badly oiled machine that keeps on turning. Sometimes it impresses me – sometimes it makes me want to run. Tonight it’s a bit of both – maybe more of running.
The last time I was here – I was impressed with the way Mumbai was unfolding to be one of the world’s international capitals. Sadly, though I have a feeling that this will never be. Mumbai, no matter what, will never be the international city that cities like dubai/bahrain etc. have become in, only, the past decade.
Anyways – I’m just so wicked jetlagged and a little shifted in my thoughts. India always shifts something in me. Hmm
~Have a great week.