i have several times been in the midst of discussions or call it arguments with my friends from Bombay who claim, that is the place to be. i live in Delhi. in the past 10 years, i must have travelled to Bombay more than 100 times. every time i am there i feel an uneasy helplessness.
i think all the talk about the spirit of bombay etc is just routine nonsense to digress from the topic. the core issue is that people of Bombay need respite - Badly & QUICKLY!
its unthinkable that the Premier City is so ill-equipped in 2005. i agree & understand that the rains was not an ordinary shower blah blah & everything else. but what appalls me is the non-existent infrastructure of Bombay & the absolute acceptance of it by the people of Bombay.
if chandni chowk in Delhi could be dug to make way for the Metro, i cant understand why a parallel rapid transport system cant be put in place in Bombay using the Existing Railway Network which is perhaps so well spread & networked.
i think Bombay has been living in a make-believe world of superiority, no offences meant. but its time the people there realise that there is more to it than simple bravado...
