Mumbai the island city, is a city of dreams for some. Everyday thousands of people come to this place to realize their dreams, some are attracted to this place to become part of the glamorous world of bollywood while others come to earn their millions on the dalal street. It has a place for everyone and it absorbs all of them in its system.
I have been living here for the last two years and I must admit that it is like a conundrum to me the more I see Mumbai the more I feel there is much more to be seen and explored here. It has a special place in my life since it is city where I have earned my first rupee, it has taught me to stand on my own feet and has helped me develop myself as a mature person.
You need to experience the early morning Mumbai it is a maddening rush where everyone is running after the trains which is flooded with humans, overcrowded railway platforms and jammed roads. Someone needs to study and research the packing structure of people in a second class railway compartment cause it defies all the laws of nature. ‘Free of cost body massage’ service is provided to all 'Mumbaikars' who happen to travel in such compartments and you get extra-special massage on the 'Virar Local' of the Western line.
If one wants to see the true picture of Mumbai he/she needs to observe the railway system here which is a true representative sample of the city. You will find all kinds of people, see innovative marketers, high-rise buildings, experience the slums alongside the tracks and smell the filth as well. In fact the railways is the nerve center of the city, it has one of the most advanced public transportation system in India.
The people here go out of the way to help others and are extremely gentle and enterprising. It has an amazing work culture and even the government ‘babus’ here are more sincere than an average ‘babu’ elsewhere although their levels of corruption can still be debated. It teaches one to become more smarter, savvier and to adopt an aggressive approach towards life. It offers a plethora of opportunities for the appropriate candidates and gives them a chance to excel and to realize their dreams. It makes you better networked and one tends to be in the thick of things all the time.
Darwin’s laws are aptly applicable at this place and your survival is solely dependent on your ability to ‘fight’ against the crowd. And it is this ‘fight’ which more often than not lands you up in a ‘race for survival’ which gets accelerated on the railway tracks of Mumbai. Quality of life suffers in this ‘Grand Prix of life’ and one gets lesser time for family, friends and interests. People become machines and emotions take a secondary place in their lives.
But it is solely for an individual to strike a balance between professional life, family and personal interest. During the first year of my stay at Mumbai I got into this 'rat race' and was determined to become the winner, I enjoyed the race too. But it was during the later half of my stay I realized that this race is never ending and there are no winners but then there are lots of losers. And then I started to realize the need to strike a balance in the race and it is this race which gave me the maturity to develop as a person.
Mumbai gets you to accelerate in this race which compresses your time-frame and then at some point of time it makes you realize your fate in the ‘race’. This compression gives you an opportunity to mature earlier in your life as compared to other Indian cities. The earlier you realize the truth of the ‘race’ the earlier will you fulfill your dreams in the ‘City of Dreams’ - Mumbai.
Aski "De Casta"
I have been living here for the last two years and I must admit that it is like a conundrum to me the more I see Mumbai the more I feel there is much more to be seen and explored here. It has a special place in my life since it is city where I have earned my first rupee, it has taught me to stand on my own feet and has helped me develop myself as a mature person.
You need to experience the early morning Mumbai it is a maddening rush where everyone is running after the trains which is flooded with humans, overcrowded railway platforms and jammed roads. Someone needs to study and research the packing structure of people in a second class railway compartment cause it defies all the laws of nature. ‘Free of cost body massage’ service is provided to all 'Mumbaikars' who happen to travel in such compartments and you get extra-special massage on the 'Virar Local' of the Western line.
If one wants to see the true picture of Mumbai he/she needs to observe the railway system here which is a true representative sample of the city. You will find all kinds of people, see innovative marketers, high-rise buildings, experience the slums alongside the tracks and smell the filth as well. In fact the railways is the nerve center of the city, it has one of the most advanced public transportation system in India.
The people here go out of the way to help others and are extremely gentle and enterprising. It has an amazing work culture and even the government ‘babus’ here are more sincere than an average ‘babu’ elsewhere although their levels of corruption can still be debated. It teaches one to become more smarter, savvier and to adopt an aggressive approach towards life. It offers a plethora of opportunities for the appropriate candidates and gives them a chance to excel and to realize their dreams. It makes you better networked and one tends to be in the thick of things all the time.
Darwin’s laws are aptly applicable at this place and your survival is solely dependent on your ability to ‘fight’ against the crowd. And it is this ‘fight’ which more often than not lands you up in a ‘race for survival’ which gets accelerated on the railway tracks of Mumbai. Quality of life suffers in this ‘Grand Prix of life’ and one gets lesser time for family, friends and interests. People become machines and emotions take a secondary place in their lives.
But it is solely for an individual to strike a balance between professional life, family and personal interest. During the first year of my stay at Mumbai I got into this 'rat race' and was determined to become the winner, I enjoyed the race too. But it was during the later half of my stay I realized that this race is never ending and there are no winners but then there are lots of losers. And then I started to realize the need to strike a balance in the race and it is this race which gave me the maturity to develop as a person.
Mumbai gets you to accelerate in this race which compresses your time-frame and then at some point of time it makes you realize your fate in the ‘race’. This compression gives you an opportunity to mature earlier in your life as compared to other Indian cities. The earlier you realize the truth of the ‘race’ the earlier will you fulfill your dreams in the ‘City of Dreams’ - Mumbai.
Aski "De Casta"
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