Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Mumbaikars

They are more than happy to tell you directions. This is unlike any place I have been to. Infact in my hometown, people turn a deaf ear to such queries. When I am asked for directions and unless it is somewhere just around the corner, I guide people to go straight. In mumbai, even if a passerby hears you asking for direction and if he know the place, he will stop and tell how to get there.
Mumbai is a crazy city, it never stops.. for anything. If someone trips her, it just gets up and starts walking... you cannot put her down.. Never!
The people are very resilient there. Hats off to them. It has seen riots, serial blasts, gang wars, natural disasters like the rains last year.. but it goes on. I have heard stories of how locals stayed awake the whole night just to warn people of an uncovered manhole during that cloudburst last year.

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