Once my life was shifted outside Kerala, I was not too keen on celebrating festivals like Onam,Vishu etc etc. It was a result of the fast  metro-lifestyle and work related commitments.
But this year, I celebrated Vishu ( New Year for Keralites -14th April) like never before!. I joined my brother and sister ( She came all the way from Kerala to Mumbai for this ! ) at my brother’s home. I was so busy goofing around with children. We enjoyed “kani” at home, exchanged new year gifts, prepared a kerala style meal, went out for some shopping in the evening etc etc.

I was realising that how much I had missed in the past. I was wasting my time around the daily robotic life in metros.
Next few days , we roamed around Mumbai to visit Gateway of India, Fashion Street, Boating…… I clicked some nice pictures too. I will upload them to Gallery soon.

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Something very bad happened. I never thought something like this would happen in Mumbai again. Now that it had happened, I am sure it could happen again. That’s what I am really worried about.

On the day of Holi, some people living in a society ( like 8-10 buildings in a single compound) poured colour on a person from another society. People living in these two societies used to have arguments earlier regarding acquisition of land etc. Unfortunately some crooked minds thought that this incident could be used for abusing the others. A group of people attacked the other society with stones and firearms. Situation got even worse when the other people also started their revenge. Result : 3 people died.

Next day, the issue grew to some level I never thought about. An entire area was under this riot. The issue between two societies had become a riot between two communities ! in one day. Lots more people got seriously injured and 8 people were killed. Even the police stations were under attack. No it was not between Muslims and Hindus as it was earlier. This was between two communities in Hindu religion itself. If it was between Muslims and Hindus, probably I would not be alive to write this.

However, the government got into action. They enforced curfew in our area. Within 2-3 days everything returned to normal. But still some questions remain.

Why people just jump into these kind of extreme measures everytime for such silly reasons? Who is playing with relligion and community sentiments? In a city like Mumbai, why do people behave like animals?

Oh… Even animals won’t do such things.

Check this out !

A couple met with an accident while they were on a long trip.Some villagers helped them to recover fast and resume their trip. While coming back the next day, they decided to thank the good samaritans and unfortunately gets killed in another accident. At the same spot !!!!

Hard to believe? well… you have to !

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