Jinisha

Much has been said and a lot more written about the problem of waste management especially in Mumbai. But alas, little is done and whatever little is being done not all of it make it in the long run. As a part of my thesis on waste management I had collected a lot of information and statistics etc. related to the issue. But everything was put into perspective once I visited the Deonar garbage dump. We took a BEST bus that took us right to the garbage dump. As the bus made its way thro the narrow lanes of Shivaji Nagar we contemplated on how the site will be like. And suddenly the bus took a turn; and to our left was this massive huge humongous ridiculously high pile of garbage. A hillock..Yes…around 10-15 storey tall…full of garbage-made of garbage! All those number finally made sense...110 hectares,31m high mounds of waste. Seeing is believing! We walked along the road to the longest side of the dump from Nirankari Bhavan till the B.M.C. office and what we experienced enroute is unf...

Sitting with my uncle in his hospital room this evening I realized that my life is going to be very different from now on.It also dawned upon me that i could do nothing but watch myself be engulfed by the tidal waves in this sea of change.This period after the Goa trip marks a new beginning,the beginning of an end rather."The end of an era!" as Monica from Friends would`ve put it! So how do I bring myself to terms with this goodbye.Well life just decided to do it for me.The fifth year seems like it was made to wean us off the addiction that is college life.But the withdrawal symptoms are painful indeed.You can feel it around you.The change.People are starting to float adrift.And some at a rapid pace.There is Facebook,Mssngr,cellphones and email id`s...I console myself.But the camaraderie that was will not be the same.There are faces that i may not see anymore and voices that will echo long after they ve gone.Whispers that will playfully call out to the mischief that we do now...