Scraps Stuffs - Random musings from apun ka desh

Back from a week's vacation in Mumbai. Glad to be back since the humidity got to me from day one. Bangalore is bone dry in comparison.

The monsoon arrived while I was in Mumbai. Dark clouds started gathering on Sunday afternoon (19/6) and soon enough it started raining. And once rain starts in Mumbai, it really pours. It rained on and off for the next four days. Reminded me what I miss about Mumbai - a real monsoon.

Watched Parineeta, Batman Begins, Silsilaay and Mr and Mrs. Smith in Mumbai. Liked the movies in that order too!

Vidya Balan looks very nice in Parineeta, good performances all around, but the main female lead and her mother don't look Bengali by any stretch of the imagination.

Batman Begins was a kick ass movie, enjoyed it very much.

Silsilaay was kind of OK too, Riya Sen is hotttttttt in the movie, Tabu looks so beautiful. Both appealing in their own ways.

Mr and Mrs. Smith was a lame movie. I should have tried to watch D instead.

Random thoughts:

1. Mumbai remains a biiiiiig slum. Most parts are pretty filthy.
2. Mumbai infrastructure kicks Bangalore arse. Big time. Uninterrupted power, no water problems, nice public transport. Considering that Mumbai has twice Bangalore's population, they are doing a super job, relatively speaking of course.
3. Four days of rains just manages to rid the Western Ghats of dryness. It would probably take a month's rains to really green them.
4. Vada pavs are so yummy, I could eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week and not get bored.
5. Same for pav bhaji with cheese.
6. Times of India, Mumbai edition is decent, the Bangalore one sucks.