Boys In The Water
If you’ve been in Mumbai and not taken a ferry ride from the Gateway of India, you should…go jump into the (dirty) water!!!!! And there you might catch a glimpse of the humanness underneath the gritty mask this city wears.
I saw these boys splashing about between the ferries parked (anchored?) near the steps leading down from the Gateway to the water. All the ferrywallas yelling did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.
Afloat on a makeshift raft of a discarded plastic bag stuffed with heavenaloneknows what (cork? discarded plastic refuse? thermacole?), they splashed about, three on one while the fourth lay afloat, peaceful in his solitary swim.
Jennifer on 
Anu on 
Lemony on 
Prolific Dyslexic on 
1rossoneri
wrote on 30 October 2008 at 12:43
your thoughts make me smile!
2Dreamcatcher
wrote on 31 October 2008 at 13:04
Dreamcatchers last blog post..
3A
wrote on 3 November 2008 at 12:29
Yeah I’ve watched them too whenever I visit there…and sometimes I just wish I could roll back to their age; and jump and sense the settling water and the unsettling stipples; and be wholesomely unmindful that I can’t swim; and see how the sun appears from within the sea; and listen to the lullabies of the ocean if I can reach it; and…
4IdeaSmith
wrote on 6 November 2008 at 9:16
@ rossoneri, Dreamcatcher:
@ A: Also unmindful of the awful stink and how terribly dirty the water is!