Mumbai Unforgotten
My locality has become a hub of activists and leaders trying to display their anger, grit and patriotism against terrorism. In their various acts of portraying this I have witnessed the Christmas Star which is made every year and hung up at the Society, this time bore Taj Mahal Hotel Burning and Peace Quotes written all over it.
Another such act is the Shahid Vijay Salaskar Udyan recently inaugrated by Mr. Ravindra Waikar.
It is a blessing for the locality because of its clean, green grass and pure air and it seems it has also fulfilled the cause of public awareness about the aspiring candidates of the upcoming elections. The 2.5-acre municipalised park along the Jogeshwari-Vikroli link road was planned by local Sena corporator Ravindra Waikar.
I had a stroll at late night here in the park and it bears the paintings by students of Mumbai School of Art and also a monument erected in rememberance of the Shahid Vijay Salaskar.
Another interesting fact is all the boards, signs in the park, the paintings are in Marathi. No objections here but isn't it too politicized. The message of peace must be communicated in a medium understandable to all and I guess even Marathi people are fluent in Hindi as they are with their Mother-Tongue!!
As Sarkar has rightly said "To kill is a crime, to kill at appropriate time is politics"
Another such act is the Shahid Vijay Salaskar Udyan recently inaugrated by Mr. Ravindra Waikar.
It is a blessing for the locality because of its clean, green grass and pure air and it seems it has also fulfilled the cause of public awareness about the aspiring candidates of the upcoming elections. The 2.5-acre municipalised park along the Jogeshwari-Vikroli link road was planned by local Sena corporator Ravindra Waikar.
I had a stroll at late night here in the park and it bears the paintings by students of Mumbai School of Art and also a monument erected in rememberance of the Shahid Vijay Salaskar.
Another interesting fact is all the boards, signs in the park, the paintings are in Marathi. No objections here but isn't it too politicized. The message of peace must be communicated in a medium understandable to all and I guess even Marathi people are fluent in Hindi as they are with their Mother-Tongue!!
As Sarkar has rightly said "To kill is a crime, to kill at appropriate time is politics"
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