Thursday, 12 May 2011

India : a story of two girls

India is a country which is always in discussion for many reasons but those reasons always revolve around two girls. Mumbai and Dilli. Whatever the hell may happen to other girls in the country but these two girls always manage to take away all the glamour.

Legend goes that Dilli was elder to Mumbai. So all the workload used to be on her alone. Everyone was astonished to see Dilli's beauty and the power she had. Everyone wanted to grab her. People always thought one who can control her can control India.  Out of this illusion lot many people came to propose her. Many tried to force her but she was tuff. Only some people like mughals managed to control her for long , may be because they loved her. She also accepted their love. But her beauty and power was making others jealous and angry. So some people came and tried to take away the power from her. For that they needed an equally eligible and beautiful girl who can bear it all. But no one could find a single such girl in whole country. So these portuguese tried a master trick. They created an illusion of a beautiful girl and named her Bom bia. People started wondering what is this Bom bia. Then some asked the local guys there and locals told them that we call her Mumbai. English called Bom bia as Bombay, some got confused with Bombay and mumbai and called her Bumbai. Now problem was this new chick in the town had cought everyone's attention. So where did she come from? Some said that Mumbai was actually divided in seven parts and these portuguese did some black magic and created her. Whatever it may be but this illusion was a reality now. Everyone wanted to see how this girl looks like. Everyone found it different. Some people came to her and started dreaming about her. When they realised their dream they called her Girl of Dreams. This illusion became so real that it tried to challenge Dilli. Dilli which watching it all so calmly never complained about her. She was testing Mumbai's patience. Dilli new that this love given by people is bound to take away something. Afterall she had experienced that for centuries and Mumbai was just a new girl on the chart. One day a guy from outskirts who was also in love with Mumbai, got wary that he would not get her and decided to destroy her. That day he gave 13 wounds to her. He ran away but Mumbai was shattered. She had her first nightmare. Her confidence went down. She was so frightened that she refused to walk again. Everyone thought that this lovely illusion is going to end now. Mumbai went to Dilli and expressed her sorrow. Dilli smiled and said I have experienced this for centuries, this is your first. Dilli tried convince her " look you have to bear in mind that you will get both love and wounds of it. It's your decision whether to walk again or not. You have to decide whether your apetite for love is greater than your fear. " that day Mumbai took a firm decision that she will never show her fear to the world, all they will see is her lust, apetite that never ends. Some call it the spirit of Mumbai. Whatever you call it but she inherited it from Dilli. Some call it dilwalon ki dilli, some call it Jeevachi mumbai!!!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! This is so so so well written and in very simple words too.

    Loved the last line : Some call it dilwalon ki dilli, some call it Jeevachi mumbai!!!

    I don't how I missed it.

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