(Bandra-Worli Sealink, picture courtesy DNA newspaper)

It is a tale of two cities

Two cities that breathe different air, two cities that sleep at different hours

One city has dreamers, the other has achievers

The dreamers are happy because they live in imagination of a better tomorrow

The achievers are unhappy because they have stopped dreaming

A few years ago the achievers also came from the city that dreamt, only to lose their dreams forever

The city of dreamers believe in the city of achievers

But the city of achievers yearn to imagine like the city of dreamers

The only problem is that the city of dreamers get to sleep at night while the city of achievers don’t

Two cities crave for each other, hoping to become like the other

The mirage continues in the tale of two cities

Two cities that breathe different air, two cities that sleep at different hours

One is Mumbai, the other is Bhubaneswar

(Mumbai musings developed during a midnight journey to home in a Dombivli slow local train)