U unravels URBAN

ย This post is a part of both, Wandering Wednesday Series & The A-Z Challenge – April 2013
Myย Wandering Wednesdayย Series are dedicated to the flight of my imagination now and then, captured by my camera lens. And then, favouriteย songs and movies simply fill in the gaps for the right captions! I try to give you the backstory of the picture too. Perhaps you may see a tale hidden there. Check the previous posts here.ย 

Bombay, now Mumbai, has always held fascination. The city of dreams,ย where all are welcome and stars walk among the ordinary. So much so that everyday thousands throng this bulging metro in the hope to make it here. Everyone is searching without a clue of what they have left behind.ย Perhaps, in this urban jungle, they find it too.ย But not until they have been soaked in the rig marole of the daily grind do they realize,ย the butterflyย is really a caterpillar at heart.

Shot at the Kala Ghoda festival this year, this humble installation drove home the point and how. Money we know can’t buy happiness, but that won’t stop them from marketing it!

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45 responses to “U unravels URBAN”

  1. PhenoMenon avatar
    PhenoMenon

    Amchi Mumbai !! ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      True of any urban city but yes Bombay tops it.

  2. Ruchira avatar

    Ahh well .. I must visit this city to discover it myself !

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      And now about time that you book your darn tickets girl!

  3. Suzy avatar
    Suzy

    Yep, in Bombay anything goes.

  4. Rainbow Hues avatar

    “Everyone is searching without a clue of what they have left behind” rings so true for the city. I came to this city 2 years back not expecting too much. As much as I would like to take a flight away from here, I guess I find my feet strongly planted now. Mumbai is a city you love to hate ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      True that. Mumbai is just like that!

  5. JANU avatar

    A point well driven. Wish if Happiness could really be bought!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Ah, a quest for the brave.

  6. Meena avatar
    Meena

    Yea whats inside the box?

  7. Afshan avatar

    I wonder what is in those boxes
    Cool way of showing Bombay ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Anything your heart desires could be there, no?

  8. Rickie avatar

    Very creative!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      I second that. You must visit the KG fest.

  9. Laxmi Chundi Addanki avatar

    The butterfly is really a caterpillar at heart…:) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚
    How do you write so beautifully?
    Cheers,
    Laxmi

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      This from a lady who churns word recipes everyday. I am humbled ๐Ÿ™‚

  10. Naina Madan avatar

    I want that one dabba of happiness!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Don’t we all, Naina?

  11. Roshni AaMom avatar

    LOL!! Wonder what was in them! ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Roshni, imagine empty boxes caused a flutter. Agar sach main kuch hota toh phir?

  12. Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekar avatar

    Happiness in a box. I bet they’d get sold out fast enough. Love the Kala Ghoda fest. I’m always amazed at the creativity on display there.

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Oh KGF is my fav bit about Bombay too!

  13. NBose avatar

    I am yet to visit this city..would love to ๐Ÿ™‚

    Those boxes really make me feel as if I can buy happiness ๐Ÿ˜€

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      And trust me, even if we could, we still would not be happy….

  14. Shilpa Garg avatar

    I’d like 2 boxes of these, please!! ๐Ÿ˜€
    Though what’s inside that box??

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Shilpa, it could be anything your heart desires, no?

  15. Me avatar

    Freshly packed Happiness??? But what’s in it?

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Top secret ๐Ÿ˜€

  16. Bhavana Shankar Rao avatar
    Bhavana Shankar Rao

    Oh, even happiness can be bought in urban jungle called Mumbai? ๐Ÿ™‚
    The only glimpse I had of Mumbai is from flight and that of in Mumbai Airport. I should say the airport shocked me a lot with its unkempt attitude. we had landed in Mumbai airport for a connecting flight ot Bangalore. After checkin I saw not only suitcases being taken into the flights but as well big carton boxes and many of them without proper checking. I was seriously shocked..

    Anyway, still there are 5 more days eh? almost there..

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Yup, one day at a time. Mumbai can be a lot of things. You must take another trip to help us change your mind ๐Ÿ™‚

  17. Bhav.Zz avatar

    If only happiness could be bought!!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Then it would not be called happiness anymore…

  18. sharmila k avatar

    I have this urge to open and see what is inside the box ๐Ÿ™‚
    Missed Kala Ghoda fest this year.That place always has some unseen treasures on display..

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Don’t we all? I went there after missing it last year. Loved it!

  19. Nandana avatar

    You must get this often, but what the heck, I like your writing style!

    And I loved that boxed happiness pic

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Nandana, not often enough. Do keep reminding me ๐Ÿ˜€

  20. Corinne Rodrigues avatar
    Corinne Rodrigues

    Saw this at the Festival this year. Some of the exhibits really had a powerful message! Haven’t even heard of ‘Far From Heaven?’. Going to check it out!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      Came across the movie on you tube as a random google search. We must start a movie club, me thinks.

  21. Ajiteja avatar

    Do let me know, if you happen to catch up on any of those boxes…..
    And what a thought “the butterfly is catterpillar at heart” OH GOSH!!! you are driving me crazy with your style, If this goes on nobody can stop me from falling in love with you…. just read some of your posts and already a great fan of yours….
    Please keep up the writing…..
    God bless you!!!!

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      What a generous compliment. Thank you is all I can say, for I am at a loss of words….:)

  22. Me avatar

    Superb click….wish happiness could be bought JLT ๐Ÿ˜›

    1. Blogwati Gee avatar

      And even then we would not be happy…..

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