i had just joined this company right after college and my first assignment was in mumbai......so there i was, the guy who havnt been out of his home town since years and suddenly going
to this place......the cultural and financial hub of the country also supposed to be? breeding ground for violence, poverty and? organised crime. Of course, carrying a long list of do and donts that my mother never fails to hand me whenever i go on travel.

Over there, i was zapped by the bustle and? energy oozing out of the people. Here human activities continue relentlessly through 24 hours; indeed as they say the city never sleeps. When you walk the streets among those crowded walkways, multitudes of people, vendors, hawkers, dogs, cats alike, you will feel the pulse of the city, home to so many,scrouge of so many, the fulfiller of limitless dreams.

The Locals are the life line of the city. As the train pulls into the platform you cannot help noticing the many levels of society: the working class person, the professional, the smarty-pant with no ticket, the ubiquitous vendor who tries to make a life selling anything, anywhere to anyone.

Yes, as rightly said these are just 'free' full body massage parlours which in the meanwhile move people from one end of the city to another. They also test your flying skills in sense, how fast you can board and manage to hold on by grabbing anything you can lay your hands on.

The? last Local train will be filled by people either singing Bhajans or playing cards or sharing the
days hard work? For a normal mumbaite every day is different and you see the unexpected. Not to forget the free trading tips that you would get.......while conversing with your fellow traveler.There is no limit to the enthusiasm and exuberance of the people

I still remember how i used to feel better by seeing the?vim and vigour?of the people, whenever i had a difficult day at work.
It was like, i used to absorb the energies of the people.......

Here you get to see all kinds of people. Commuters in locals, professionals, businessmen, kids with dreams of becoming movie stars ,beggars with manipulative strategies and every kind of human being one can conceive of. Here, the law of the jungle prevails: 'survival of the fittest'.

I had infact fallen in love with this city......just then i was transferred.
Now destiny has once again brought me here......and iam certainly looking forward to it.

Yes, you should spend some time in mumbai........it would teach you a lot of things about life.