By the bay

I realized that its been quite a while since I had been to Marine drive. So decided to meet a friend there. It is a pleasant place to be during these winter evenings. There is a chill in the air that is seldom found in this bustling city. Though I would say it is always a pleasure to sit and watch the sea relentlessly hitting the rocks at the bay. There are always some people burning calories running around, and the couples sharing some moments together, and some married ones who come with their kids playing around, and the groups of friends engaged in some discussions or some leg-pulling and of course some people who sit alone and find some solitude looking at the wide ocean in front of them.
Then, there are the vendors who have this lovely job of pestering all these people to see if they would like to have a cup of chai, chana jhol garam, baloons etc. and the occasional hinjras and small kids begging with a smile on their face, like the hunchbacked old man wrapped in saffron who went along that evening meeting everyone saying that he didn't want anything as his lord had given him everything, but still if anyone has 16-aanas to spare then he would be happy to take them.

After spending some time near the bay, I met a friend of mine and we went to Pizza by the bay, which I hadn't visited since it got renovated. It certainly has a pretty classy look now and the food was decent enough. Then I treated with friend with a specialty that I got to know about, the biskit ice-cream just a few steps away. Then another stroll by the sea and then we parted to go home.