Turns out that today was Republic day, India’s equivalent of 4th of July (minus the fireworks, at least here in this part of Mumbai). As with NYC, everyone who didn’t have to go into the city stayed home, so walking around was fun rather than borderline terrifying. Every fellow under 30 was engaged in some form of cricket and families were out and about doing touristy things too. Interestingly, the huge park nearby that was jam-packed with cricket players had nary a piece of trash on the grass when we passed through this evening. This can hardly be said for McCarren park in our beloved Brooklyn after any day that is not torrentially raining. One thing that seems totally backwards tho, is that many restaurants today had a sign out saying it was a "Dry Day for the Holiday." What? Why?!!
Also interesting (to me at least) is that all the bills here feature the image of Gandhi, who I’m pretty certain wasn’t all that into money. I don’t think the colloquialism “all about the Gandhis” is set to take off any time soon either, but I should also mention that there is (strangely) a lot of signage here encouraging people to invest in Franklin Templeton securities ( or stocks, or whatever… I’m impervious to adverts when it comes to details, but who can mistake Benny F’s craggy face?). So, Ben and Ghandi are kicking it together here on the economic front. I give it a head bobble for perplexingness.
Back to food. Today was vegetarian dosas for lunch ( total cost 2 dollars) and for dinner CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA. Now that I’ve had it, I can go home. Anyway, to quote my wisest, blondest friend, ” It was Good :)”.
More tomorrow including a report on Elephanta Island which I’ve heard contains little to no elephants. We’ll see about that.
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