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Have you ever?

Have you ever, Had the sun flashing down at you through a row of trees like paparazzi and you squinted your eyes, Stared the moon chase you down, while the train you sat in whistled past ravines, Seen lights of passing cars on the walls of your room and made stories about them, Been deafened by the wind while you lilted against its force - nearly floating, Seen grass sway atop a hill like the waves of the sea and imagined it to be like your hair, Stood on a cliff & felt swayed by the minority of your existence looking at the plains ahead, Run your finger on rock and gravel thinking who else before you would have done that, Stood dead still under a barrage of water in a waterfall thinking you have attained eternal peace, Seen swallows dive in the dusk sky and compared them to planes in a dog fight, Imagined floating dandelions to be ideas not yet thought of, Have you ever?

Mumbai

So plans are in place for a great time in the near future in Mumbai. The list and itinerary for things to do in the magical city grow incredibly fast and only multiply each day. I have my bucket list of things to do too. So here goes, my wishes for the city of mania, moods and money. Watch Monsoons lash the city at Marine Drive and Carter Road. Drink coffee at 2am on a winter night at Churchgate. Photograph the entire Gothic length of South Mumbai's famous addresses. Pick up a wine stack - a place where bottles can be stacked and memories stored in old yellow paper books. Document the wares and its sellers on a crowded Sunday afternoon at Chor Bazaar & Crawford Market. Complete a documentary of the Irani coffee haunts of South Mumbai. This includes haunts that are non-Irani and legendary still. Stack a list of top ten places in Mumbai that wine is best consumed at. Pali Village Cafe surely will be No 1.  Catch a game at the...