Picto Diary - 14 January 2017 - (Part 2) Mumbai Out and About
Above: Breakfast. Mumbai "must eat." Vada Pav. Spice and potato pastry on a roll. Wadala Market. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Reminded me of filling in more typical vegetable samosa.
Drink it with cardamom flavored chai.
Above: TIMDT observes sunrise. Wadala Market. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Above: Flower Market. Wadala. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Above: Mallakhamb. Wadala. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Mallakhamb guru Uday V. Deshpande observes his student in rope suspension. "Mallakhamb is like painting with your body on a palate of air," says guru Deshpande.
According to guru Deshpande, Mallakhamb is a 200 year old discipline. 200 adherents are qualified to teach. The activity has adherents in major US cities, including NYC, and Chicago.
Deshpand is THE certifying guru of the activity. The activity is also performed on teak poles...some seen in the background of the image.
Above: Wadala Cricket Ground. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Wadala Cricket Ground. It's Saturday, after all.
Above: Bishop. Ducati dealership. Bandra. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Above: Bishop 'n Sydney. Ducati dealership. Bandra. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Duc dealer in Mumbai. Sydney, sales guy, says they sell 25 bikes a month. Sydney rides Ducs in Rajesthan, where, he says, you can max out the bike's performance capabilities. Open road and all that. Typical young bike guy. You could meet him at a Duc dealership in SLC, Paris, or LA. He'd fit right in.
Bishop: How did you get the name, "Sydney."
Sydney: My Dad was a field hockey fanatic. India won the gold in field hockey at the Sydney Olympics the year I was born.
Above: Bishop and Joshua Crasto, principal of Garage 52 - The Moto Collective. Bandra. Mumbai. 14 January 2017.
Garage 52 is the premier motorcycle restorer in India. It has been featured in motorcycle writeups all over the world. Joshua also leads motorcycle tours throughout India. Like Sydney, the confident and outgoing Joshua is arch typical of motorcycle guys everywhere.
Above: Willingdon Sports Club. Malabar. Mumbai, India (file image) 14 January 2017.
We joined member friends, and some of their friends, here for a
'pukka' dinner experience.
You can't become a member of this club. Membership is hereditary.
TIMDT felt very privileged to be part of this special experience.
Indian hosts and their guests asked about Trump.
I said I was a supporter. I provided my rationale.
Lost US economic growth is bad for the world as well as the US. Obama was the first president in US history never to preside over a 3% annual GDP growth rate. The rate of real economic growth is the single greatest determinate of both America's strength as a nation and the well-being of the American people. A strong America means a more stable world.
HRC program was more of the same: high taxes, growing federal intrusion into American life.
Trump, as a disruptor to the sclerotic economic policies of Obama and Clinton, had a shot at reviving US economic growth.
Representative, if not comprehensive, comments from dinner guests:
We worry about Trump's character and judgment in an unstable, complex world.
Our politicians are far more corrupt than your politicians.
We watched C-Span cabinet hearings and were impressed with the quality of his appointees.
Addendum:
Have you ever gone to see where they wash clothes ? Glad you're enjoying 😎
Mr. Z3,
Ojai, CA
Love this post. The photos are fascinating and your comments truly capture the heartbeat and pace of Mumbai daily life. Can't wait for what's coming next!
Magnolia,
Miami, FL