A Turn for the Better .... वळण लावलेला सागर सेतू

  This is a wonderful capture of the Bandra Worli Sea Link , posted  from the Bandra Fort Side, by my friend Deepak Amembal, as part of the Monochrome Mania Series. 
A relatively new bridge on Mumbai's western Seaboard, connecting the two western suburbs of Worli and Bandra, and designed to cut commuting time , this is a new landmark construction in a city , which was until then used to old style straighter bridges over the creeks.     Clearly, the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, must have felt something .  Those waves rolling across towards the bridge (lower right), probably had something in mind, in Marathi and then in English....

(Some expressions in Marathi cannot be translated into English ...  :-)    )

 

गावात नव्यानीच आलेली सीलीन्का , आणि बातमी सन्सनाटीच होती … कमनीय , उत्कृष्ट तब्येतीत , सागरात डौलदार पणे लक्ष वेधणारी ती, आणि किनार्यावरील खडकांच्या खोड्या काढणारे लाटाभाई अचानक तिच्याकडे वळले आणि शिस्तबद्ध युवकासारखे तिच्याकडे धाउ लागले . सीलीन्का, गोंधळून गेली, थोडी थांबली, आणि "इश्श, काय हे !" म्हणत झटकन डावीकडे वळत वरळीला निघून गेली ….

New in town, Miss SeaLinka, clearly a sensation when she arrived. Perfectly sculptured, healthfully strong the cynosure of all eyes as she stood in the sea , and t'was a matter of time before the WaveDadas, who troubled the rocks endlessly, suddenly noticed her and started rolling towards her with alacrity and foam in their eyes. Sealinka, alarmed  and a bit confused, just got all her cables together, smiled and said , "Oh, My my ...." and quickly took a sharp left and simply rushed to meet her future at Worli...