the old lady of the lift

this city surprises me everyday. eveyr day i find some strange phenomenon that amazes me regarding the way individuals make themselves heard, creating their own ways of expressing their opinions to whoever is willing to listen.

samira's office is in an old building near opera house on lamington road in south mumbai. the old lady of the lift is an unseen spirit for all of us. people say she lives in the building somewhere on the top floors. every morning she writes a small commentary in her clear bold lettering with a sketch pen, generally topical on some issue in the news. this is then put on the lift cage on the ground floor for everyone to read.

todays was a piece on the value added tax and the decision to make two wheeler drivers wear helmets.. a new entry on her very own tangible version of a blog.