14th July 2008 :: Still an outsider

It's almost five years in Bombay but I guess I still have not blended in with the locals. The latest example was the shopkeeper near Gateway of India who saw me and ran to intercept me advertising his shop “Sir please come and have a look at my shop.” he said. I looked at him, put an arm around his shoulders and said “Bro, I live in Andheri, I am not a tourist”. A little embarrassed he said “So what sir, it is for locals too.”