Bordi , Ghatkopar
Alt. title: A king, a queen and a meeting place
Bordi ki rani
Ghatkopar ka raja
Milna hai, to Palghar aaja
(Queen from Bordi, King from Ghatkopar, If you want to meet come to Palghar)
Towards north of Mumbai lies Bordi, a quiet seaside resort fringed by casuarinas. The area is famous for its chikoo and other fruit orchards. Also famous out here is the serene Dahanu-Bordi beach.
Palghar is also a coastal town on the outskirts of Bombay. The Arabian sea coast is just 8 to 10 km away from the town. And to its east it has some small mountains of the Sahyadri range. There are farms growing chickoos, coconuts, palm dotted all around villages around Palghar.
That leaves us with Ghatkopar. Its a suburb of Bombay between Kurla (Coorla) and Thane (Thana) on the Central Railway mainline. This middle class suburb consists of predominantly residential and retail establishments. Not to forget the endless traffic jams between Chirag Nagar and Shreyas Cinema on the LBS Road (Agra Road).
Now to our rhyme : A friend is from Ghatkopar, his beloved from Bordi. Both are working at our company. So Palghar becomes a convenient meeting place. I really dont know if this has ever happened but would sure like it to happen.
The origins of this killer rhyme are from a slogan inscribed behind a truck, spotted near IIT a few months back. It had the orginal version which went like:
Vashi ki rani
Western ka raja
Milna hai to Vikhroli aaja
(Vashi is a suburb on the outskirts of Bombay, Western refers to the western suburbs and the WE Highyway and Vikhroli is another suburb between Ghatkopar and Thane on the Central Railway mainline. It is approx. halfway between Vashi and the WE Highway and hence its significance in this rhyme).
Coming back to our Ghatkopar friend. There are several others also whom he knows. So we extend this rhyme to ...
SCADA ki rani
Corporate ka raja
Milna hai to Receiving aaja
Bordi ki rani
Ghatkopar ka raja
Milna hai, to Palghar aaja
(Queen from Bordi, King from Ghatkopar, If you want to meet come to Palghar)
Towards north of Mumbai lies Bordi, a quiet seaside resort fringed by casuarinas. The area is famous for its chikoo and other fruit orchards. Also famous out here is the serene Dahanu-Bordi beach.
Palghar is also a coastal town on the outskirts of Bombay. The Arabian sea coast is just 8 to 10 km away from the town. And to its east it has some small mountains of the Sahyadri range. There are farms growing chickoos, coconuts, palm dotted all around villages around Palghar.
That leaves us with Ghatkopar. Its a suburb of Bombay between Kurla (Coorla) and Thane (Thana) on the Central Railway mainline. This middle class suburb consists of predominantly residential and retail establishments. Not to forget the endless traffic jams between Chirag Nagar and Shreyas Cinema on the LBS Road (Agra Road).
Now to our rhyme : A friend is from Ghatkopar, his beloved from Bordi. Both are working at our company. So Palghar becomes a convenient meeting place. I really dont know if this has ever happened but would sure like it to happen.
The origins of this killer rhyme are from a slogan inscribed behind a truck, spotted near IIT a few months back. It had the orginal version which went like:
Vashi ki rani
Western ka raja
Milna hai to Vikhroli aaja
(Vashi is a suburb on the outskirts of Bombay, Western refers to the western suburbs and the WE Highyway and Vikhroli is another suburb between Ghatkopar and Thane on the Central Railway mainline. It is approx. halfway between Vashi and the WE Highway and hence its significance in this rhyme).
Coming back to our Ghatkopar friend. There are several others also whom he knows. So we extend this rhyme to ...
SCADA ki rani
Corporate ka raja
Milna hai to Receiving aaja
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