23rd june 09

Today I knew it was going to rain, my hair told me so. you see during the monsoon whenever I have a superb hair day as in i m really happy about my hair it rains it pours messing up my hair. I don’t mind it at all because i love rains and I can tolerate bad hair for four months.
We were shooting outdoors and it was obviously disrupted several times through out the day but what I am trying to tell here is what happened today.

So during the shoot I had to go out to run some errands as usual and i went from to goregaon to khar to bandra to khar to goregaon then andheri etc. in one of the many rickshaw rides I fell asleep. You see I had woken up at 4 in the morning and when the weather is so awesomely beautiful I couldn't stop myself from catching a few winks. Any way here I was in a rickshaw breathing in the first smell of rains the damp earth more like cement, feeling the cool breeze and jumping every time a biker splashed muddy water towards my rickshaw. I am proud to admit I managed to sleep amidst this all. As I my riskshaw maneuvered through different lanes I drifted in and out of sleep. During one of the drift outs I sensed something flying behind me, near the back hole / window of the rickshaw, I almost jumped only to see it fall right next to me on the seat. On careful examination only with my eyes [I did not touch it] I saw the branding 'VIP' it was a gent's underwear. Not just any but the one with legs not the v cut ones. it was a dirty blue colour with big brown rusty patches on it. It was definitely being used as a rag I’m sure. I continued the rest of the journey with the underwear [which I am sure was of the rickshaw driver] quietly. For some time I sat at the farthest corner as if I would get infected by it, then I kept my bag between us to avoid seeing completely.
As I reached my destination I paid the money and got off only to be called loudly by the driver 'madam aapka samaan reh gaya'. My denial and his recognition of his piece of clothing happened at the same time and he buried his head inside the rickshaw which did not emerge out till i crossed the road and went inside the building....