I have great regard for the city. Its a place where so many people come to make a living, the city is full of life and it teaches us to survive. Yes a major chunk of the tax money comes from the city and the city gets back very little which is very sad. Considering the infrastructure situation in the city its high time government takes action and spend some portion on the money which it receives from this city, on this city.
RE:RE:Its Mumbai, my friend
by All Right on Mar 25, 2008 08:47 AM Permalink
Yes Mr. No. Or should I call you a "rose killer who goes to read his daily volumes 5 times on the road"?
RE:Its Mumbai, my friend
by Saibal Paul on Mar 25, 2008 12:25 PM Permalink
IIT Bombay is still called by that name and NOT IIT Mumbai. Bombay still exists, like it or not.
RE:Three bed things about mumbai
by byomkesh bakshi on Mar 24, 2008 07:02 PM Permalink
One of the dictionary meaning "Have sexual intercourse with". What about having 1 bed with me!!!
mumbai is no more land of dreams. prices r going up everyday.. its hard for common man to settle in mumbai..life is at its hardship best in mumbai or may be more is still to come???
RE:Peter Lindberg
by Harsha Kumar on Mar 24, 2008 05:07 PM Permalink
how does it matter if anyone calls it mumbai or bombay? A more appropriate name would be slumbai I guess..as far as I can see, mumbai's problems have not been solved by the renaming. It's just wasted taxpayer's money and changed the cosmopolitan city of 'bombay' into 'mumbai', the city of parochialism and slums.
RE:Peter Lindberg
by santosh on Mar 24, 2008 07:23 PM Permalink
how can u call bombay a slum - well there is dharavi which used to be called a slum, but there are building there now. there are also the posh areas in bombay which you can compare to any other world class city. i am sure you are from some remote village in india - stay put there .......and dont comment on one of india's most important city !!!
RE:Peter Lindberg
by Secular India on Mar 24, 2008 04:56 PM Permalink
It was never Mumbai , my friend. The city of Bombay was created by the British after they got the island as dowry from Portugese . There were many places inhabited by Kolis before that. Very few people use Mumbai in private conversations even today...but that said, I think Mumbai sounds a lot better than Bombay. Dubai, Mumbai, Chennai etc gives it a more Eastern feel.
RE:RE:Peter Lindberg
by CMat on Mar 24, 2008 08:04 PM Permalink
Hey Secular India !!! Just to add wht itrepid says...India was also named by Brits..It was never India before So does Bombay..Brits had prob uttering these names.So they just saw their convenience ....You have a chance to get things right my friend
RE:Peter Lindberg
by Intrepid on Mar 24, 2008 05:42 PM Permalink
The name of the island was Mumbai. The word comes from the goddess MUMBA and AAI in marathi means mother . So it is Mamba Mata or Mumbai. It was inhabited by Kolis, Pathare Prabhu, Brahmins, Kunbis etc. They were all Marathi speaking. The british changed the name to Bombay, Vandre to Bandra, Pune to Poona and so on and so forth. The british are gone. They have taken the loot. So, now it is part of Maharashtra again and the name is MUMBAI.
