Yeto Mi Mumbai

How do you judge a city...by its population,buildings, tourist places, people ,safety? How can I ,who had landed in this wonderful city for 18days like a migratory stork or flamingo say how is Mumbai? I can only say that these 18days had produced a lots of memories....some wonderful,some disturbing,some sad and mostly happy.I have rekindled some great long forgotten freindships, relived my college days, made new friends,tested my limits of endurance both physically and mentally, and tasted love and hatred at the same time. I had seen a city filled with so much grit,and non challance, so much pity and apathy, a city which never sleeps and which never dies. I have discovered a part of me long hidden in the dark gulleys of Kolkata....may be the spirit of Mumbai gave me the courage to open out of my shell of introvertness. There is no word equivalent to goodbye in Marathi or Gujarati,so let's end this short with some wonderful pics!


And a last pic(which i noticed today only)....only Mumbai can do this,salute to you.
So no Goodbye....Yeto Mi (Abar dekha hbe,dosto)!

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