So from a Wi-Fi basement to a standard cybercafe on V.N.Road, Nariman, I'm still feeling very connected to life.

Took a long, hot stroll from Nariman Point halfway round the necklace and came across a booth that said "Free Access: to email, egov, ebanking...etc" sponsored compliments of the state. A bored looking policewalla gave us the directions to this cybercafe as he watched young sweethearts share a moment on the pavement. Me and Said from AutoSoft couldnt help feel great about life [cats, dogs, animals...on the streets] and people equally get respect for whatever they want to do.

The cybercafe where I'm at has capacity for 8-9 people, its windows shaded [somethings are the same] and a fair mix of young people [definitely I'm the oldest] clad in jeans and cotton shirt logged on to MSN or trying to sign-in. No one is sneaking past my shoulder to see what I;m up to or darting dirty looks in my direction, clearly they are occupied with matters of their own.

Ah...Mumbai. This could have been Karachi.