I have complained umpteen times about Andheri. And yet I never seem to lose interest in doing so all over again. Andheri - Andheri East in particular - is no place for humanity to thrive. It revels in smoke from the several Honda Citys, Maruti Swifts, and grovelling BEST buses. It wears a bland expression all throughout the stretch it calls its own: The buildings forever look shabby or have suffered a wardrobe malfunction. If not that, then their bodies have yet to be put together by the builder who isn't ashamed of leaving his creation bare and incomplete.
Then of course, there's the spectacular mess called the Metro. At times, it seems it will forever be in the throes of construction. They - Reliance - keep saying they are ahead of the schedule, etc, etc. But you never are convinced as you pass incomplete pillars and yawning gaps in the road that await some sort of concrete food. Reliance is in no hurry - it's very obvious. The road that suffers on account of the metro forever is narrowed and narrows down even further every Friday. One Friday, they closed it down and so, all the buses and their bus drivers grovelled, blessed the air with the choicest of Greek and Latin that guarantee a monk a fatal heart attack, and then swerved around to head back to the road they came from.
Legend has it that they aim to bridge the line from Andheri West to Andheri East without stopping rail traffic on the Western line - the line they have to cross. It's very ambitious and very spectacular. And equally spectacular is the sneer and grin on everyone's faces as they hear that and look at the mess standing around Andheri station. That mess needs no philosopher to tell you of the ensuing delays and hassles that are to follow when Reliance attempts to build history. Not that I have anything against it, but well, if you know you cannot aim to own the Moon, why float an IPO in its name!
Then of course, there's the spectacular mess called the Metro. At times, it seems it will forever be in the throes of construction. They - Reliance - keep saying they are ahead of the schedule, etc, etc. But you never are convinced as you pass incomplete pillars and yawning gaps in the road that await some sort of concrete food. Reliance is in no hurry - it's very obvious. The road that suffers on account of the metro forever is narrowed and narrows down even further every Friday. One Friday, they closed it down and so, all the buses and their bus drivers grovelled, blessed the air with the choicest of Greek and Latin that guarantee a monk a fatal heart attack, and then swerved around to head back to the road they came from.
Legend has it that they aim to bridge the line from Andheri West to Andheri East without stopping rail traffic on the Western line - the line they have to cross. It's very ambitious and very spectacular. And equally spectacular is the sneer and grin on everyone's faces as they hear that and look at the mess standing around Andheri station. That mess needs no philosopher to tell you of the ensuing delays and hassles that are to follow when Reliance attempts to build history. Not that I have anything against it, but well, if you know you cannot aim to own the Moon, why float an IPO in its name!
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