Chasing pavements
Updated On: 19 August, 2024 06:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
As the city continues to lose walking space for its pedestrians, Sir PM and Lady Flora contemplate if their midnight wanderings across the city will become a thing of the past in a few years’ time
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Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements…” Lady Flora’s singalong to a song that she was listening to on her headphones was audible enough for Sir PM to latch on to the lyrics. As he approached her seated at their usual bench located inside the Cooperage Bandstand, he was quite surprised, and pretty curious about the trigger for her sonic moment. Sir PM’s attention was partially split between that and his new obsession—a Kodak camera that the missus had gifted him on World Photography Day, since he had shown a renewed interest towards his one-time passion. He was clicking away at everything around him, until he came in front of his friend, and she had to discontinue her private singing session. “Excuse me, Pheroze!” she frowned, expressing her displeasure, “You know that I am not a fan. Yes, I oblige tourists but that cannot be helped,” she smiled; her irritation had ceased after she saw her friend’s harmless enthusiasm.
“So, what is all this music about pavements, my Lady?” Sir PM probed his friend, after he realised it would be sensible to give the camera a break, especially since the last few frames were a disaster. “I found this song, Chasing Pavements, written and performed by this British lassie…Adele, she’s quite a sensation, I believe. And this particular song is about love and relationships, but its lyrics resonate with the fading footpaths here. It’s a bizarre connection. But there is a line that says, “…even if it leads nowhere...” Honestly, if civic apathy about pedestrians continues, we will have no place left to walk in the city. Each new road being redone results in even less space to walk. Look at the newly-reopened and [mis-alligned] Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, or the re-paving of footpaths around areas where the Metro lines are coming up. They have all been heavily compromised,” Lady Flora thundered.
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