The last week was eventful enough in more ways than one. For not only the sea water at Mahim creek turned sweet but the Gods also started drinking milk the second time round. After the despicable rains, the traffic woes, and not to forget the bomb blasts, Mumbai wants to attribute a couple of things to some magic from the heaven’s above.

I was quite intrigued to see the media flooded with the news that the Mahim creek has suddenly turned sweet. On one side, the doctors were cautioning the general public not to drink that water as it might lead to several water-borne diseases, and on the other side, there were hundreds of people flocking the filthy creek and drinking the yellow water which they said has turned holy. Even the business of empty bottle sellers boomed!

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