gilbert hill

me ip and gsb on 7th may 2008

thats the look towards jogeshwari

slums around gilbert hill

slumdog millionaire's one scene was shot here

and so was sholay's

earlier when there used to be no buildings around....

might be some 10-15 years ago....

well well guys ...dreams ..dreams n more dreams ..some are fulfilled immediately...some in a few hours..some in a few days ..n some just happen after a long time n then you realise it ...(ahh! i had thought about this so long n its happening with me now)

well 10th november 2000
i visit ma uncles place @ juhu gali andheri west after a very long time ..i was in 7th standard ...n had just been blessed wid a cute sister 2 month ago ...
so i go to his place n after some time v r on d terrace of d building ..well m a adventure freak from within n yeah crazy abt it ...so i see a hill frm dis place ... n d wish widin me arises to go 2 dis palce ..but den u know evry1 is lik wat vl v do goin dere (sounds really boring to me )
so den i go back ..n it fades away ....

29th june 2006
well well ....i have secured an admission in svkms nmims's mpstme in comp. engg
so i have to be in mumbai ....v hav r lecs at dj sanghavi coll
frm d 6th flr of d coll i can see a hill( i didnt even no d name den )

again ma mind races back (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) i have seen dis place b4 ..n yeah i always wanted 2 be dere ....but u see i wasnt able to ...
but again m new to mumbai ..dont know d roads n stuff n how to get dere ....but the wish alwasy remains ....
after d 1st trisem ...i hav a nickname "parashar 'gilbert' pandya"
many of ma frnds no abt dis place now ..but then who wuld want to come wid me ...i try to convince evry1 but dey r lik same ..wat vl v do dere ...so even in d 2nd trisem no one comes....n again in d 3rd trisem ..evry1 sounds the same . no one wants to come again

meanwhile in august or september there is this article in TOI which says abt GILBERT HILL ..so finally i get the name ..its GILBERT HILL ...

mean while 26 th april arriver n its time to go back home @ baroda

so no gilbert hill in the 1st year ..but then i wanted to go there

6th october
finally i decide to hell with everyone m goin to go maself ..(only ghanshyam was d person who was ready to come with me on gilbert hill )
but then i decide let me go ...so i enter juhu gali (which is quite near frm ma new place of residence) ...n after goin from all d crap palces ( slums surround gilbert hill ) they have just disturbed the aura of this hill ...they shud be removed as soon as possible ..n finally after climibing gates of residential societies ..n tresspassing many sociities i reach gilbert hill ...also i must have asked 100s of people the way to gilbert hill ...from policeman to street children to watchmans ..
n den it arrives 200 ft high standing there ...there is a small hut down dere were a family sells coconut n flowers to b offered to god ..yaa there is a temple of gaondevi n durgamata over there ....so i start climbing the steep staircase ....n finally i have reached the summit....wow wat a place it is ...on one side u can have the view of juhu beach ...wonderful ...on the other the towering buildings of andheri n all the way upto goregaon ...n den also the santacruz airport ...its wonderful to see a aeroplane taking off... frm d runway ..i tell u see it to belive it ...n den the majestic hiranandani gardens of powai ....it just felt i should keep o n seeing this place never get down.....wow it was wonderful.
so r u gonna join me the next time???

here is the gilbert hill on wikimapia and here it is on wikipedia..

craziness

well well....in ma previous blog i mentioned abt finding the meaning of life.....dat wz one of ma nostalgic moods....n 2day ..ma xams r over n m goin to talk abt all the crazy stuff i n ma frnds have done .....
well recently ...dere were some heights of crAZINESS all arnd ...
on 20 septemeber v were awake all nite ..aome of us studying n also doin timepass...well well den one of ma frnds suddenly recommends a crazy idea ..how abt calling paapillon ( its a restaurant in d vicinity frm where v hav r breakfasts n lunchs snacks dinners ) ....so d other guy callss up pappilon ...firstly we thoght no 1s gonna pick up d fone ...but pappilon is very much commited to service ..it is always dere 4 its customeers n 4 spcl ones like us ....so to evry1s surprise d phone is answered ...

" hullo"
"haan bhaiya order likhiye zarra"
"hmm..kya "(aghast---confused)
"haaan 100-200 rotiyan , ek tandoori chicken ...........
"heeeelllooo"
"aur ek coke ki bottle bhi bhej dijiyega"
"sir, restaurant band ho gaya hain ...raat ko band rehata hain"
"acha india mein raat hogi ...main too abhi america main hioon"
"acha sir "
bang!!1

well den he calls up another restaurant ..its hilarious ..uncontrollable laufter in d flat ...

den d other day ..one of ma frnd calls up tata call center
a first few minutes r passed by pakofying d agent wid inquiring abt all schemes n stuff ...
den he asks him
"aapka naam kya hain"
"mohsin " comes d reply
"acha ..kya mohin....mohit..."
"nai mohsin sir"
"ohhhmohsin...to appaka matlab kya hoata hai "
"mohsin means dost"
"oh to aap mere dost hain ...to please mere liye gaana gayi ek"
"aaj mera birthday hain ...aur plz gaana gayyei"
obviously u call u p a call center @ 12 am n dont ask d same ....
a agent den shuts down d phone ...obviously he doesnt want 2 lose his place ...

so craziness is kewl ..evry1 has it ..n it can be cherished 4 a long time ...i must say i am not gonna 4get dis ...n being a crazy person ma self ..i njoi ..it

my first post- philosophical

well life takes you to many twists and turns. it takes you to places where you never wanted to be and it also takes you to places at which once u arrive u never wanna leave those places. it asks you the toughest questions and also provides you with easy answers . it gives you enemies and friends. it gives you love and hatred. it gives you success and also dooms you with failur. it comes with dreams and it also brings with it worst nightmares. it takes you to newer heights and also takes you through the falls. some of them are really very big.

it brings out the kid in you and also makes you behave as a grown up adult even though u r hardly by passing ur teenage . it brings with it lonleliness and also get togethers. it takes u away from ur loved ones whom u really never wanted to leave and also introduces to new characters. lllllliiiiffffffffffffffeeeeeeeeeeee its liikee that ..but even after writing so much ...one question remains ...what is life ?? i s it the mere existence. breathing in air n taking out . having food , doing your routine work and then dozing of to get up the next day and repeat the same procedures again. or has it got a special meaning. most of us will say that it has got a meaning ...hasnt it ?? but where to find that meaning ?? in the noises of the rickshaws and buses ?? amongst crowded stations and sub ways ?? or is it among the tall buildings and large corporate offices?? or is it among the latest shahrukh movie or among the sixer of sachin tendulkar?? where to find that meaning ?? c'mon guys find that meaning . i havent found it yet ...want to find it out though ..... what i xpect out of life and wat it xpects outta me ...its all interlinked..well well ...just try n google life ???

according to a dying man

" life is a series of endless battles which one must fight but can never win" ............