Comments on: 24-Mar-2005 http://zainab.freecrow.org/2005/03/130/ Some of me, some of my words… Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:44:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ribhus http://zainab.freecrow.org/2005/03/130/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Ribhus Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:51:00 +0000 http://zainab.zaiki.in//2005/03/24/#comment-202 nothing it was random comment..not soemthing to dwell on much...wht i ment was Mumbai has so much lack of private space,ppl who r in love...like spending time together ..so definition of space doesnt matta much...make the most of whteva public space they can find.....and ppl who arent in love no matta how much private space they have..they suffocate in the company of thier partner...so inspite of having private space they lack the persoinal space..i dunno where i'm goinn here...i'll stop..tc nothing it was random comment..not soemthing to dwell on much…wht i ment was Mumbai has so much lack of private space,ppl who r in love…like spending time together ..so definition of space doesnt matta much…make the most of whteva public space they can find…..and ppl who arent in love no matta how much private space they have..they suffocate in the company of thier partner…so inspite of having private space they lack the persoinal space..i dunno where i’m goinn here…i’ll stop..tc

]]> By: Ribhus http://zainab.freecrow.org/2005/03/130/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Ribhus Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:00 +0000 http://zainab.zaiki.in//2005/03/24/#comment-201 *express such private emotions in a public space?*.....maybe its the oopposite of when couples sleep on the same bed and dont kiss ...coz love is lost. *express such private emotions in a public space?*…..maybe its the oopposite of when couples sleep on the same bed and dont kiss …coz love is lost.

]]> By: rads51 http://zainab.freecrow.org/2005/03/130/comment-page-1/#comment-200 rads51 Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:14:00 +0000 http://zainab.zaiki.in//2005/03/24/#comment-200 <P> just one point--i live on D Road and we've worked really really hard and its taken us more than 7 years to make our lane green and 'walkable'. we've organised our garbage disposal to the extent that today our lane acculmulates just about enough grabage for one BMC truck as compared to the 3-4 trucks that were needed 8 years prior. we've tried our best to beautify our 'public spaces' and definitely do not want 30 hawkers (yes, that's the latest demand) on  our street messing up, with piles of garbage and waste water, what we so carefully worked on for 8 years now. </P> <P> the licensed ones have been alotted space and i don't think the unlicensed ones should be allowed to take over an area that we have worked on so hard. call me an elitest or whatever, i do not want 30 hawkers selling food outside my house. and yes, i do feel bad that they have been displaced but they did see it coming (now they refuse to accept that!). </P> <P> and its not as if we haven't done our share to help the hawkers already present in our lane. there was a bread wala whose stuff my mother and I have personally moved into our building, time and again, when the BMC van was half a lane away. and then there was a paan wala and 2 chai wala's. we've tried to support them all. but when these people demannd that the street can accomodate more than 25 hawkers...well, thats just as much as I can take, honestly. </P> <P> and its sad when people who do not live here blindly take sides without taking both sides of the tussle into consideration. </P> <P> sorry for the outburst though. not called for but this line just got me started. </P> <P> >> In the emerging urban, public space is increasingly being made private e.g. residents of A, B, C and D roads at Churchgate claiming that the roads and streets are their private property!<< </P> <P> im sorry. really sorry zainab. </P> just one point–i live on D Road and we’ve worked really really hard and its taken us more than 7 years to make our lane green and ‘walkable’. we’ve organised our garbage disposal to the extent that today our lane acculmulates just about enough grabage for one BMC truck as compared to the 3-4 trucks that were needed 8 years prior. we’ve tried our best to beautify our ‘public spaces’ and definitely do not want 30 hawkers (yes, that’s the latest demand) on  our street messing up, with piles of garbage and waste water, what we so carefully worked on for 8 years now.

the licensed ones have been alotted space and i don’t think the unlicensed ones should be allowed to take over an area that we have worked on so hard. call me an elitest or whatever, i do not want 30 hawkers selling food outside my house. and yes, i do feel bad that they have been displaced but they did see it coming (now they refuse to accept that!).

and its not as if we haven’t done our share to help the hawkers already present in our lane. there was a bread wala whose stuff my mother and I have personally moved into our building, time and again, when the BMC van was half a lane away. and then there was a paan wala and 2 chai wala’s. we’ve tried to support them all. but when these people demannd that the street can accomodate more than 25 hawkers…well, thats just as much as I can take, honestly.

and its sad when people who do not live here blindly take sides without taking both sides of the tussle into consideration.

sorry for the outburst though. not called for but this line just got me started.

>> In the emerging urban, public space is increasingly being made private e.g. residents of A, B, C and D roads at Churchgate claiming that the roads and streets are their private property!<<

im sorry. really sorry zainab.

]]> By: geniusoid http://zainab.freecrow.org/2005/03/130/comment-page-1/#comment-199 geniusoid Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:03:00 +0000 http://zainab.zaiki.in//2005/03/24/#comment-199 <P> Space........the final frontier..........(reminds me of the Star Trek intro dialog!) </P> <P> If you want your own space, join NASA!!! </P> Space……..the final frontier……….(reminds me of the Star Trek intro dialog!)

If you want your own space, join NASA!!!

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