MUMBAI MAYHEM!

What a city?
It really amazes me how people manage to remain in touch with their human side in this city of ruthlessness.before coming down to mumbai 8 months back, i was tucked away somewhere in the corner of the beautiful city of bangalore which was probably my very last chance to see traces of human behaviour and hear the words "Thank you" and " sorry".
I mean, its like these words dont even exist in the local lingo in mumbai.
People here are so self centered and travelling by local trains is a nightmare for any newcomer to the city, esp.during rush hours.You find people so absorbed in themselves, they stamp your foot (of course by mistake) in the train and dont even apologise, worse still, if you look at them and politely tell them that he or she has hurt you, they glare at you as if you were coming from some uncivilized jungle.Being polite brings stares from people looking at you as if you have run away from the zoo.
Yeah..............the one common excuse that mumbaikars give for such behaviour is, the traffic, rush, no time..............but they cant be excuses for behaving human with a fellow human being.

And you have some RJ in "Lage Raho"wishing Mumbai a Goooood Morning, and telling them to watch sunrise, hear the chirps of birds, spend some quite time alone............how can you expect these people to enjoy such refined luxuries in life when people here cant even hear themselves breathe.

Yes, I know this is a city of contradictions....you have the richest and the poorest co-existing and all that crap people say to just put Mumbai above any other city, but let me tell you, it is the people that maketh the place........if the people are intolerent, no matter how much the city prospers financially, it is still crap.........

I think I have just vented out the bottled up frustration built up in 8 months about the city and its people........I can only hope that some sense prevails in these people's heads in the future..after all, even I have come to this place to earn my livelihood and seek shelter........that is probably one thing that mumbai gives to everyone........"Asylum".......so mumbaikars, let us show some gratitude for all that we have got........smile, say sorry if you have hurt someone.....say thank you next time someone gives you a something....Please!!!!!!!!!!!