Been a few months in Mumbai….Not much in terms of understanding the “fabric” of this city…But yes, one thing that I did realize….Never ever try to get down/aboard a train at Kurla..If you care for your life, that is 
…..The city is polluted, dirty, is overcrowded, has rents which make the word obscene sound like Shakespearean prose !!! People keep complaining forever of the traffic, which seems to chug forward at zero kmph !! Socio-economic disparities present themselves at their worst here…And mind you, everyone considers slums an integral part of the city’s fabric …Translation—Too little time to even think if they should exist in the first place ! And with the recent noise over outsiders and conspiracy theories, you have a soap opera of a city that ends every night only to begin the next morning !
I am not sure where I stand…I don’t hate the city….I don’t love the city either…As yet ! But I do intend to keep my eye open for understanding why everyone loves this city and why those that don’t are deemed to not understand the city….Whatever it might be, it sure is gonna be one interesting stint here….