While living in Bombay for the past four years , I came across somethings and I learnt so much about Mumbai in the last four years.
If you live in Grant road (W) you should not tell people that you live in Grant road, you should simply say that you live in South Bombay. Do that with a gleam in your eyes and a twisted smile…yes South Mumbai it is! (I did that a lot of time when I was in my first year in college here in Mumbai and I got so many weird looks from people each time I told them that I live in grant road !)
It’s better to learn one simple line in Marathi (Mala Marathi ayat nahi) rather than get yourself tortured by an old Maharastrian aunty who continuously speaks to you in Marathi and you ending up not understanding a single word.
It’s a punishable sin for a guy to even think of getting down at Borivali in a Virar local
If you are a daily commuter in local trains and also a girl, kindly keep your foot nails as small as possible, tie your hair as tightly as you can and do not wear any valuables that u might regret losing. Deck up after you get down from the train!
Autowallahs and the cab drivers are the real kings here and not the customers. So do not hesitate from using words like,”bhaiya please chal lo na”,”haan haan chutta hai sare chute le lo bas jaldi pahucha do” etc
Want some peace/privacy or just some free entertainment…Marine Drive at night,Powai lake in the evening, Carter road and Bandstand in Bandra and Worli sea face is the place to be.
The pav bhaji on Juhu beach or on Girgaum chapatti would cost you the same as any 3 star restaurant but its certainly more fun to have it here in open along with the cool breeze and the beautiful sea stretched ahead of you.
Kharghar, Panvel,Vashi are not the part of Mumbai… people(for all those souls who take it to be in Mumbai only).It comes under another suburb called as Navi Mumbai. So if one stays in Mumbai there is a huge possibility that he might now be aware about the locations in Navi Mumbai.
You got to be a real Himmatwalah in case you need to catch the Virar fast. Even Jitendra and Aajay Dewgan would have not dared to show such himmatgiri..!In case you travel on central line and the indicator on the platform tells that the train will arrive in five minutes,conveniently call up your friend to catch up with because central railway’s five minutes is equal to twenty five minutes in real time.
Pyaaz becomes kaanda in Mumbai. Aalu becomes Batata in Mumbai and Servant quarters become a 2-BHK in Mumbai.
I will keep on learning something or the other new about Mumbai but it is indeed a wonderful city!
