London to Mumbai

I couldn’t update my blog for almost 3 months as I was busy …. Relocating from London, UK to Mumbai, India.  A new country, a new city, a new job and a new challenge.

We always wanted to get back to India and after almost ten years in the UK, it was time for action.  When I was a child, we always moved cities every 3-4 years as my father was in a transferable central government job.  Little did I appreciate at that time how difficult the process could be.

We cleared 10 years of clutter, packed, shipped and somehow managed to get ourselves back to India. We landed at the Delhi Airport on Independence Day ( a coincidence?)  on our way to Chennai but did manage to take a small break in UK before we returned.  There were places in UK we hadn’t visited and we took this opportunity to hit the road for 10 days.  It was great fun and as time would tell, a complete contrast to the surprises that lay in store for us back here.

Mumbai, the city of dreams, is quite different when you are not dreaming.  Relocation wasn’t going to be easy and I managed to reach Mumbai in the thick of monsoon.  It has virtually been pouring every day since I landed here.  The worst day ofcourse was last monday when Mumbai cab drivers decided to go on a strike.  I took virtually every imaginable mode of transport to get to work.  I must have looked like a character out of a bollywood rain song when I finally reached work, completely drenched.  Only the heroine was missing!

Life was comfortable back there in London as we had gotten used to things,  It is now completely disrupted.  It reminds me of the second law of thermodynamics – the entropy (or disorder) of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time. Which is what is happening right now.  I can only hope that the equilibrium will be reached soon :-)

Please wish me luck.

(p.s. – please don’t reason technically that my life is not an isolated system, that’s all the more reason for higher entropy :-)

Categories: General
4 September 2010 at 20:51 - Comments
Shalu
I ignored the entropy bit but good luck with everything! Once you move in to your new house things will start getting beterr
5 September 10 at 16:04
Ram Bhamidi
I am making some progress albeit slowly. Thanks for the wishes and I look forward to seeing you soon Shalu (hopefully in your new house or mine :-) )
5 September 10 at 19:14
Purvi
Hi Ram , I am soon moving back to India from London. I was wondering if you shipped or couriered your stuff to India .If yes ,i would appreciate if you could let me know the company you used . I have been trying to find a reliable and resonable company to send my things to India but have not been able to find anything . I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks
Purvi
28 November 10 at 07:34
Ram Bhamidi
Hi Purvi,
I used Seven Seas Worldwide. They have a door to door service and take care of customs/Octroi etc as well. Fairly good service and very professional company.
28 November 10 at 08:49
Purvi
Thanks so much Ram !
Is this the company ??
http:// www. sevenseasworldwide .com/contactus/default.aspx
It would be perfect since I was looking for a door to door service :)
Thanks
Purvi
28 November 10 at 09:28
Ram Bhamidi
Yes, you got it.
29 November 10 at 05:31
Srinivas
Good to hear about your move. We have been thinking of moving back too, but somehow the time’s never right. Your successful return (entropy and all) might be just the encouragement we need. Best of luck
11 October 11 at 07:34