You are a Bandraite when………..
- You say “town ” and expect everyone to know that this means south of Churchgate.
- You spend Rs 2 - 3 crores for buying a small 2-3 bedroom house and you think it’s a “steal”.
- Your door has more than three locks.
- You refuse to call the lanes of Bandra by their Indian names. You are more familiar with Carter Road, Turner Road, Peri Cross Road .
- You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, walking / waving friends, a species unique only in Bandra.(You find them on Carter road / Band Stand and Joggers Park)
- All you read in the Times of India is the “Bombay Times” supplement.
- You take fashion too seriously and do not believe in missing out any SALE in the designers showrooms.
- Wear 3-10 carat solitaires as your daily wear – even for walk or to the gym.
- You own more than 2 cars or even 5 cars for your small family of 3 or 4.
- You enjoy your weekly outing to a fancy restaurant and even enjoy the Chinese Dosa and pav bhaji dosa at Mani Dosawala or Bhel, panipuri on the roadside anytime.
- You never believe that Delhi and Bangalore can be as good places to live, if not better in some ways.
- You love bragging about the filmstars and cricketers you keep seeing.
- Every time you meet socially with your Bandra friends you discuss the roads conditions, the Bandra Worli Sea Link or auto rickshaws of Bandra.
- You believe spending Rs.50+ for a Donut or IceCream is pretty reasonable.
- You only wear Brands and do most of your daily-wear shopping from Hues, Mesh, H20 ….
- You love to watch and play football (not cricket).
- You stay either close to Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranvir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Preeti Zinta, Sanjay Dutt, Malaika Arora Khan , Aishwarya Rai or Sachin Tendulkar. These are the landmarks to find your house!!
- You always go abroad for your summer vacations.
- Some of you leave your swanky cars at home and travel by local train.
- Your children can afford Mocha/ Barista/ CCD /Baskin Robbins everyday.
- In case of 5 /10 min. power failure you seriously think getting inverter put which can run your AC.
- Your watchman doesn’t have a name - you just call him ‘watchman’.
- You think everyone who lives to the south of you is a snob and to the north of you need to ‘get a life’.
- You shop at Alfa every once a week for your imported stuff.
- You are a member of some Gym in Bandra or go for Bharat Thakur Yoga Class.
Leena



