Brrr... and then some! Thats how I've been for the last few days.
Mumbai / Bambai / Bombay... whatever you like calling the city, is - contrary to the thoughts of many, not hell. I can vouch for that now because it did (at least to an extent) freeze over. And hell, it is said does not freeze. (Or at least I hope so. I promise every uninteresting guy that I will think about him when hell freezes over.)
I'm a regular when it comes to using shawls, sweaters, and all that. But most years, I look like a total nut, being the only one wearing anything remotely warm in the non-existent winter here. but this year, I had lots of company. Sale of woollies shot up this year as Mumbai touched record lows that went into single digits for a total number of days that went into double digits. Over the winter, we've had just over three weeks of bitter cold in total, with the last cold spell lasting a week and a half at a stretch. The official lowest we saw was 8.5 degrees Celsius... though some claim it was much lower.
To add to it, I live in the suburbs, and we traditionally are lower by a degree or so as compared to the city. Freeze off oh fingers... and So much the better for the shawl-sellers!
When I was a student at Ruia, I roamed about getting odd looks - thanks to my affinity for woolens. So this year, as a lecturer there, I was wondering how my students dear would respond to a bundled up teacher. But why worry? I have students who are far better at the art. And needed at Ruia, I may add; since we on the top floor are treated to a wonderful and energizing continuous breeze that blows in from over the Arabian sea! I'm just amazed at the number that turned up through it all... and that too for writing a set of exams! I'm quite proud of them I must say....
3 comments:
Mumbai is definitely not hell...refer back to my blog on tht...:) it has been cold hasnt it? am so glad I cud be here for tht.
yeh ramu! me is glad too, that u here - tho of course i will miss that coffee that would have certainly been consumed had we managed to be in the same place at the same time.... :)
2008? Is that the first psychology batch? Aww! Ma'am, I never thought you liked it so much, what with bits of the blog having praises for us merely turning up for exams. Exceeds expectations, doesn't it? ;) By the way, if this comment is going to show just my user name, this is Kunjal.
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