Mumbai (aka Bombay)..... THE city

Started Mumbai.... the city of dreams... the city that never sleeps... the city that never stops. People store the memories of their first visit to Mumbai and how the city treated them. Was just reading something by someone in which Mumbai was appreciated from various angles and then, I started thinking about it too... and mumbai definitely deserves a thought. I stay in Pune and yet haven't been to Mumbai many times... just two or three. The best trip was when I had my BITS entrance exam in Mumbai and here I give Mumbai its credit - 

The road that leads from Pune to Mumbai is express way and you don't need more than two hours to reach. I was about 17th and heard a lot about the city... even imagined a lot. Last time I was there was when I was Nine. The month was June. The climate was hot, humid and it rainy. The moment we entered Mumbai, my mind told me - look this is the place where all the celebrities stay, all successful people like Mr. Dhirubai Ambani live there life, the city where most of the success stories are written. It felt as if the desire of success, dreams, ambitions, passion and excitement was in the air. So many people with so many different things to do.   The one who steps in the city cannot go back as the same person but automatically learn something, achieve or for that matter loose something. It gave me the feeling that the success is among us. The people who are treated as VIPs are right here and are from us. We can be one too. It gave me tremendous of confidence and motivation for I think everything in life. I was very surprised about the feeling I got by just being in Mumbai. I knew it was gonna feel something because I was going to make myself feel the city but this was totally different. I felt the city in its own way, not the way I imagined. The city totally outsmarted me!! All this I got from the two-three hours I spent in Mumbai as the rest of the day was exam. I really wonder how it will be like to be in Mumbai for few days and experience the daily life of different people there. I want to stay in Mumbai as Mumbaikar for once in my life. I don't have any thing more to write about it right now but 'm sure that I'll have many more things then. I am eager to learn more from the city and to experience more of it's flavors but just the thought of security stops me from dreaming about staying there. The city knows everything and that includes the cruelty and the attacks that it faces every now and then. I pray that the place becomes safe to live and free from any such kind of troubles.