Mumbai.....(1)
This Is Mumbai. A CITY where everything is possible>
Especially the impossible.
Where lovers first love and then marry,
Where there is place for every Tom, Dick and Harry
Where telephone bills make a person ill,
Where a person cannot sleep without a pill.
Where carbon dioxide is more than oxygen,
Where the road is considered to be a dustbin,
Where college canteens are full and classes empty,
Where Adam teasing is also making an entry,
Where a cycle reaches faster than a car,
Where everyone thinks himself to be a star,
Where skyscrapers overlook the slum,
Where houses collapse as the monsoon comes,
Where people first act and then think,
Where there is more water in the pen than ink,
Where the roads seesaw in monsoon,
Where the beggars become rich soon,
Where the roads are leveled when the minister arrives,
Where college admission means hard cash,
This is Mumbai my dear,
But don't fear, just cheer,
Come to Mumbai every year!
Things that prove you're a Bombayite
You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this
means south of Churchgate.
You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya
Hindi’, which only Bombayites can understand
Your door has more than three locks.
Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important
events of life.
You spend more time each month traveling than you
spend at home.
You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of
Walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
You have the following sets of friend: school
friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office
friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only
In Bombay.
Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if
you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more
familiar with Warden Road, Peddar Road, Altamont Road
Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides
The first thing that you read in the Times of India is
the” Bombay Times" supplement.
You take fashion seriously.
You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice
to you.
You compare Bombay to New York's Manhattan instead of
any other cities of India.
The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and
Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji
International Airport
You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
Your idea of personal space is no one actually
standing on your toes.
Being truly alone makes you nervous.
You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the
monsoons, and actually call it 'romantic'.
Only in Bombay, you would get Chinese Dosa and
JainChicken.
You call traffic policemen 'Pandus" and expect
Out-of-towners to understand that.
Anyway, welcome to MUMBAI city!!!!!!!!!
This Is Mumbai. A CITY where everything is possible>
Especially the impossible.
Where lovers first love and then marry,
Where there is place for every Tom, Dick and Harry
Where telephone bills make a person ill,
Where a person cannot sleep without a pill.
Where carbon dioxide is more than oxygen,
Where the road is considered to be a dustbin,
Where college canteens are full and classes empty,
Where Adam teasing is also making an entry,
Where a cycle reaches faster than a car,
Where everyone thinks himself to be a star,
Where skyscrapers overlook the slum,
Where houses collapse as the monsoon comes,
Where people first act and then think,
Where there is more water in the pen than ink,
Where the roads seesaw in monsoon,
Where the beggars become rich soon,
Where the roads are leveled when the minister arrives,
Where college admission means hard cash,
This is Mumbai my dear,
But don't fear, just cheer,
Come to Mumbai every year!
Things that prove you're a Bombayite
You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this
means south of Churchgate.
You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya
Hindi’, which only Bombayites can understand
Your door has more than three locks.
Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important
events of life.
You spend more time each month traveling than you
spend at home.
You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of
Walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
You have the following sets of friend: school
friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office
friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only
In Bombay.
Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if
you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more
familiar with Warden Road, Peddar Road, Altamont Road
Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides
The first thing that you read in the Times of India is
the” Bombay Times" supplement.
You take fashion seriously.
You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice
to you.
You compare Bombay to New York's Manhattan instead of
any other cities of India.
The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and
Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji
International Airport
You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
Your idea of personal space is no one actually
standing on your toes.
Being truly alone makes you nervous.
You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the
monsoons, and actually call it 'romantic'.
Only in Bombay, you would get Chinese Dosa and
JainChicken.
You call traffic policemen 'Pandus" and expect
Out-of-towners to understand that.
Anyway, welcome to MUMBAI city!!!!!!!!!
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