Rj Malishka raps Mumbai's mansion woes
Like every year in memory, this monsoon also
came to Mumbai and other Indian cities bringing a fantastic bounty of potholes and traffic jams. Mumbaikars could cry at their fate but being stalwarts souls they just swim,leap,Wade,wait their way through it even Accompanying these capers with some singin in the rain. Radio jockey Malishka has actually sung up a storm. Her rap video about the city's monsoon woes-'Mumbai, Tula BMC war bharosa nai ka'-went viral. This allegedly made BMC so feverish that it put Malishka in the dock for breeding mosquitoes
Shiv Sena controls the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporataion. Its spokesperson ask why mumbai's potholes are being targeted. Yuva Sena members demand a ₹500 crore defamation suit. If only they felt as passionately
about citizens demand for safe, smooth and uncongested roads. It's surprising that they are less agitated by potholes than by a pothole rap video - which incidentally has crossed 60 lakh views .
One of the maltitude of wits supporting Malishka suggests irionically, may be the potholes are not so much holes as containers of free chai( tea) for the birds , or high tech speedbreakers that ensure that traffic moves slowly and with a picturesque 'Incredible India '
bumpiness. But the folks running BMC don't seem to appreciate irony/ parody/creativity. They take themselves too seriously. They should take their job at least as seriously . Respect the taxpayers who have BMC the richest municipal corporation in India . Don't attack Malishka for rapping their woes.