The city that never sleeps……………So neither did I

I looked ahead at the never ending ocean, with tiny drops of rain failing into the water, the view was breathtaking, the moment magical, I was sitting there on marine drive at 2 in the wee hours of the morning with 3 of my best buddies, and reminiscing on the fact that No matter where I go, or how far I travel, Mumbai will always be special. People call it many names, The land of dreams, The land of hope, The land of bollywood, I simply call it Home.

I have been a part of it for 18 wonderful years of my life however the last 2 months have been legend – wait for it – LEGENDARY. You know it is said the true essence of a city is determined by the crowd of that city, and roaming the streets and nightclubs for the last 2 months, I can be absolutely certain of one thing , that the Mumbai Nightlife must be witnessed at least once in a lifetime.

Yes, there is the High Lounge, and there is the Hawaiin Shack, and the Rock Bottom but there is also Bandstand, there is the Worli Sea Face , Café Leopold, and then there is “The Fountain” . I remember going there every night at 3 am (or you can call it morning) with adi and sitting there and talking about our dreams, our future and about anything and everything that came to mind , Those were the days……. I don’t do that anymore however , I am still spending every night with my friends at my own apartment , outdoors have turned indoors with us staying up all night and having an awesome time, these crazy nights can never be replaced.

So among all this I have realized one thing ………….

Those days have past

And these days may never last,

Memories are the only things that remain,

You can either cherish them or let them drain,

After every night there has to be a dawn,

Life moves on………….  

So even though my life will move on, and those days may never come back I want to dedicate this blog to all my friends who have always been there through thick and thin

Aditya Gokula (an enigma), Kushal Sonigara (the brother I never had), Arun Nair (reader of my thoughts), Amey Godambe (the coolest person I know), Amey Khamkar (simply awesome), Amogh Joshi (miss u buddy), Olypriya Bishwas (the sweetest person ever) and of course Ashwini Rao (my inspiration without whom I wouldn’t have picked up the pen )

Thank u,

Pronoy Ghosh.

 

success???

                                             What do you mean by becoming successful? Does it mean earning a lot of money, does it mean to be famous or does it mean to be able to be happy and content with your life ?? Many spiritual guru's might say being happy is more important than earning loads of money but I would like to ask them one simple question, can you be happy if you have to live on the streets and worry how my next meal will come, NO right. So after giving it a lot of thought I feel it is much better to cry in a BMW than in a bicycle.
                                              Coming back to success, yes I am sure a  successful person may be brilliant, like a Mark Zuckerberg is in computers or a J.K. Rowling is in storytelling, but ultimately the point in contention here is, would they be deemed as succesful had they not become billionaires?? So this further reiterates my point that even though happiness, contentment, fulfillness are good to hear and preach however the main aim in today's hard hitting, cut throat competitive world is to become RICH !!!