What’s so funny? The heat doesn’t stop a Mumbaikar from sparing a moment for himself at Carter Road. ADVERTISEMENT He’s just Lava’in it! Travel professional Subhash Motwani has just come back to Mumbai from Iceland. The Colaba resident considers himself lucky, as he was witness at the lava field where a volcano erupted at the Reykjanes Peninsula on May 29.
“Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice for its glaciers and volcanoes as much as how well-managed a country is, with almost 60 to 80 earthquakes a day on a magnitude of 1 to 3 on the Richter scale. Some result in volcanic eruptions too,” he told this diarist. He witnessed that no matter what, life goes on as it normally would for Icelanders.
Motwani added, “I will not forget though, as the fissure erupted, seeing the sky turn from a clear blue with white clouds, to one with an orange tinge. It was almost like the divine power looking down at his white and blue canvas, deciding it needed a bit of orange too..
. I drove past it enroute to the Keflavik International Airport for my flight back home. I had a window seat and I could see the lava from the sky as the plane took off.
I thought to myself— kudos to the safety measures adopted by a country that has more sheep than humans. I would have enjoyed an extended stay, as it is much safer to be on a pollution-free volcanic island than to cross the streets of Mumbai. Such is harsh reality!” Touché.
Tubby Taylor, are you serious? Even in contemporary cri.
