Check the sparrow trick from 1930s Bombay Indian Video clip

[Sakobav]

I saw this o teambhpindia website - its about 1930s Bombay - in the middle of the clip is a sparrow performing tricks - looks amazing.




Cheers

[dr.jayakumar]

i really enjoyed thanks.

[shooter]

As much as I enjoued seeing the sparrow, I couldnt help reflecting that this once truly cosmopolitan melting pot of cultures (as the narrator says people from every colour and creed live there) should have been a beacon to the rest of us.

And today the same place is synonymous with politicians who say that even people from the other parts of India arent even welcome there.
Let alone protest against other countries, our own fellow countrymen are beaten and abused for being outsiders. I think the sparrow is smarter than them.

I would wish everyone see this clip and learn.

Good one ngrewal

[Sakobav]

Thanks Doc(s) both of you ...birds of same feather flock together...no wonder you liked it..

Shooter I missed the cosmopolitan and melting point reference - thats a great lesson..there is a word 'lihaz' or having respect for each other which the society has lost and is loosing slowly..those days when all lived together are long forgotten..sad

[xl_target]

In the late 70's and early 80's I lived in Bombay (it was still Bombay then). My father was seconded to the Navy and we lived in Colaba. My friends and I roamed a lot of those areas shown in the video. There was still a fishing village tucked away in Colaba, surrounded by hi-rise buildings. You could see people from all over the world, especially in the vicinity of the Taj. American and other western sailors, Arabs who came to see the rain (during the monsoon), Hippie type come to sample drugs, etc. Chattrapati Shivaji terminus was still called VT (Victoria Terminus). You could roam the length of Bombay and no one would bother you. Trains left VT about every seven seconds, the bus system worked well. I was young and the world was full of promise.

We used to shoot rats at night, with our airguns and a flashlight, near the garbage collection buildings of the high rise apartments. We would walk from our homes to this area with our airguns and no one thought anything of it.

This video brought back many memories. Thanks for posting it ngrewal.