Knights In Shining Armour!

Mumbai has a way of making its girls feel safe and unsafe at the same time. The crowd, the lights and the hustle bustle till late hours of the night make you feel safe whereas the creepy looks, unnecessary brushes and fear of people (even street kids..!) snatching away your phone or bag makes you feel more vulnerable than a typical Mumbai girl would like to. With time however these things stop affecting you as much, you either find a way of creating your space in the crowd by defending yourself with your elbows, bags or disgusted/deadly looks or you just tune your mind out of things which do not enter your personal space (like you wouldn’t notice a person staring at your chest from a distance unless he’s too close for comfort). We all eventually deal with it our own way… but sometimes it takes a ‘Knight in a Shining Armour’ to save the day for you….! In our case however there were two ….


It was the last day of the Kala Ghoda festival and we five enthusiasts (3 girls and 2 boys) went to hear Sonu Nigam live :0 The place was already crowded for Ustad Fazal Quereshi’s performance preceding Sonu’s and to our disappointment they did not empty out the stands for the next show :( so we tried making our way through the crowd to atleast get a glimpse of the stage (we can’t give up so soon can we..?!) we spent atleast half an hour ( It actually seemed much longer) trying to find our space in the crowd with these two friends of ours (knights of the night! ) Sukant and Arvind struggling to hold their and our balance and as if it wasn’t enough work already, to take care of these three girls (who otherwise think that they do a great job taking care of themselves…!) they even had to protect us from the many chance marus around! There was a time when the entire crowd was actually tilted 45 degrees… that being the panic point for us girls..! But the boys took over and got us out of there... phew…! I will never be able to forget that night.. not so much for the panic but for how Sukant actually walked backwards half way through the crowd trying to pull me out :) Thanks Sukant and Arvind…!! Our Knights for the Night with Shining Armour..! :)



This incident got me thinking, that it’s always nice to have ‘nice boys’ around you. ( And I have been fortunate to have many..touch wood!) Who let you find your own way most of the times, but when it matters the most, will always be there for you...


Three cheers to all the Knights in our life..!!