Directing someone to a specific place in Mumbai requires
patience and creativity. Addresses are not of the
form "21 Washington Street", but rather of the form
"Linking Road, next to Dominos pizza, behind the school."
Our address here in the temporary house is
East Avenue, close to St. Theresa school, Meera apartment.
Unfortunately there is another St. Theresa school in
Bandra, and also a Meera Road. I've got a fist full of
landmarks that I need to use to describe where we
live to anyone. This problem worsens when you realize
that no one knows how to read a map and no one cares
which direction is north, south, east, or west. The
problem now doubles since not too long ago all the roads
were renamed from English names to Hindi names. So
asking a rickshaw driver that he needs to go north on
SV Road requires about 5 minutes of hand waving.
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2 comments:
I'm so glad you are doing this blog! So far, every post has told me something I could have never imagined. And this one is quite humorous...well, I suppose it's not to the person who might be trying to get somewhere in a hurry...but to me, it quite humorous.
Is this how I shoul address your mail? (just kidding)
Oh, I meant to say that you have to read the book The Poisonwood Bible...I think you would find a lot to relate to!
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