Where else would I be?

I'm a Bombay guy who has spent almost half his life in Dubai. I have spent most of my childhood in Dubai and there are no faults I can point out in that city (the extreme heat perhaps?). The fondest memories I have of those times are about visiting Mumbai during the summer vacation in Dubai. It used to be especially fun coming down during that period because it’d be the ‘rainy season’ (as I would call it). That was also the time of the Ganesh utsav. It is a festival celebrating the coming home of Lord Ganesh. Everyone comes together in a perfect unison during the festival; Bombay’s on a different high.

  

I believe we 'Mumbaikars' live in a city of contrast. This island city has the tallest buildings and tiny hutments too. This is a city where you can enjoy a 7 course meal and a 12 rupee Vada Pav equally, that's the Bombay spirit. The people here have an attitude which is rare to find, and I assure you, I have met a lot of people. These are the kind of people who report to work a day after an incident of severe flooding without having any complaints.

Mumbai is a city and Bombay is an emotion-as they say. There's something so magical about this place that it cannot really be justified with words. Yes, the city of dreams has fulfilled and broken thousands of dreams, it has seen it all.

Everyone has heard about travelling in the local trains; yes, it's a task, a pretty huge one. But, the very same people who might push and shove you in the trains will definitely come out on the streets to help others in times of need. Bombay is a city where you won't really get time to stop and stare, but if you do, you'll realize how beautiful this place is. You have to be a part of it and experience it, because no matter how much you read about it, you'll never fully understand it.

If Bombay were a person, it'd be a mother who lovingly welcomes guests into her home, and patiently tries to feed everyone with love and care. It's no wonder then, that the 'ai' in Mumbai has been derived from Aai, which directly translates to "mother" in Marathi.

Bombay is gorgeous, amazing, and unpredictable, it'll give you back generously; it just depends on how receptive you are. I promise you, once you fall in love with Bombay, you'll never fall out of it.