The Decline Of Mumbai Mills

Once stood at Lower Parel and Byculla area, I had recognised the textile mills stood in these areas. There were huge source of employement in the city. Now there is no such sceneraio available to look in to these areas.

People used to live happily and natural life, why not, they were very hard working, deligent. There were no computers and experts who were having the knowledge to operate the machines were doing their job gracefully.

I have my own experince of mill workers to share with you. These blue collars are very good by their heart. I really respect them but they are all disappeared as the mills shut down. In place of mills big malls, shopping complex and residential towers had emerged. This is the grim postion of our Indian land.

Indians culture and tradition were ever there for these blue collar people. Nowadays it got so modernised that manufacturing activities had vanished and malls, multiplexes had come in to foreplay.I really love workers and eurchins as they are very good and polite in their hearts.

During my childhood I remember those days af Lalbaug area where people used to go to mills and eating Wada Paav and chilling out at JHUNKAA BHAKAAR. Not to say of BHARAT MATA cinema. Where Marathi Pictures were getting released every friday. I respect Maharashtrians and their culture. Married Women used to tie Mogra Garlands on their back of head, Green bangles and Red Sindoor. Still you can see that glamour in Lalbaug and surrounding areas. Now it is fast vanishing.

Our culture has been getting detoirated in the hands of western culture which is very artifical.

People nowadys are become showy . We always take care of our heriage sites and do want to preserve them so as to remember our past and golden days.Why people never restore their original culture and traditins, occupations which was like a heaven in this lands of India.

This land of our country has been sold off to the western culture by our dirty politicians. They play a dirty game and spoiling our heritage and culture for the sake of money.

I do tell you about my experience at Lower Parel area in the year 1995 where I were used to work as an Accountant in the Printing press. During those days my Boss was undertaking the job of printing work from Kwality Icecreams. We were printing the Icecreams wrappers of Kwality Products. I had a very long Experience of these blue collar workers.

They used to come at thier usually job timings of about 8.30 am in the morning. Before delegating to their work they used to wear thir Job Clothes and after that Puja Path of Ganesha, Durga matta whatever and lighting of agarbattis and Diyas. They were distrubuting prasad among each other. This loveness and kindness are rarely seen in todays modern and mobile world. I really adore and admire their characters and personality which is been due share in our developing our country and to preserve its rights and privildges.