Residing in Delhi for all my life, i thought i m one of the brave ones... but, this city is fullllll of people with big and bigger dreams..not just dreams, but people who are actually following dreams.. in worst cases, they even know they wont get them in any case... this city is known as Mumbai...
It is my second trip to Mumbai and first time i m trying to understand it rather than watching.. this city is full of brave people - i must say....i have seen dreamers everywhere, for the first time i am seeing so many fighters at one place.. fighters who understand the needs of others too.. fighters who are not to kill and neither for survival but to fight, fight and fight.. I am staying at my cousins place who shares his appartment with two more guys. My cousin is a dreamer but not a fighter. other two are dreamers as well as fighters... one of them is 29 yrs old and wanna b actor.. he is very very handsome but lack communication skills...girls are after him but this idiot is searching for love... the other guy is 22 yrs old and do not hesitate to say he has homosexual vibes.. and also he wants to become a Director....his father is a big man has a pharma company in Lukhnow.. As per his estimates, he will b a director only when he is 40 yrs old.. and he is more than happy to fight for 18 yrs.... 18 yrs.....18 yrs, can u believe that? I dont even want to think of struggling for another 18 months. His father may be rich but has made it very clear to not to sponsor him after his studies(few more months).. this man has seen almost every movie existing on earth and published in Hindi or English. u ask him about starcast or crew for any particular movie and he wont take more than a second.. Hollywood/Bollywood Dictionary !
It is my second trip to Mumbai and first time i m trying to understand it rather than watching.. this city is full of brave people - i must say....i have seen dreamers everywhere, for the first time i am seeing so many fighters at one place.. fighters who understand the needs of others too.. fighters who are not to kill and neither for survival but to fight, fight and fight.. I am staying at my cousins place who shares his appartment with two more guys. My cousin is a dreamer but not a fighter. other two are dreamers as well as fighters... one of them is 29 yrs old and wanna b actor.. he is very very handsome but lack communication skills...girls are after him but this idiot is searching for love... the other guy is 22 yrs old and do not hesitate to say he has homosexual vibes.. and also he wants to become a Director....his father is a big man has a pharma company in Lukhnow.. As per his estimates, he will b a director only when he is 40 yrs old.. and he is more than happy to fight for 18 yrs.... 18 yrs.....18 yrs, can u believe that? I dont even want to think of struggling for another 18 months. His father may be rich but has made it very clear to not to sponsor him after his studies(few more months).. this man has seen almost every movie existing on earth and published in Hindi or English. u ask him about starcast or crew for any particular movie and he wont take more than a second.. Hollywood/Bollywood Dictionary !
I met an Auto driver who do not wants to marry but to buy few more autos and starts a transport company....marrying is not in his wishlist at all.... a famous Vada Pao(local dish) walla who is very famous but do not wants to charge any premium on his food... he loves to cater to college students at reasonable prices because he made a choice to have food than going to college.
I didn't do any research for all this, just kept my eyes open.
Not just fighters, this city is full of cheaters as well. especially if u r a tourist. Two of my friends were going back to Delhi today and one of them was carrying his laptop and a CD pack with some porn CD's quite obviously. At railway station while checking for weapons one of police guy searched into the CD case and abused my friends of trying and selling pirated CD's in Delhi. Ha Ha Ha ! and all these doubts were gone asap my friends bribe them with 2000 bucks. Can u believe that? i never heard such story in Delhi...neither my cousin and his friends have heard anything similar in Mumbai...so my over smart friends have been fooled in short....!
Not just this, people are very straight with their words and approach.. if u r not habitual to listen truth about your egg shaped body or not so charming hair cut, dont ask if its looking good.. I am the victim of a not so pleasant reply. that too from a sales person.. I wonder if his shop makes good business or atleast if he ever matched his sales target... whatever, he prefered to say truth and saved my money...
It seem a very interesting city, but m not sure if i can survive here (happily). One has to be rich or need to have many balls to pay 30,000 rupees rent for a simple two bedroom flat in not so good location..pay around 3000 rupees a month for parking of every extra car u or ur flat mates drive. if you go without a girl in pubs or good restaurants -dont feel sorry if u find waiters staring at you with weird eyes. always keep a lighter even if u dont smoke unless u want to miss a chance for small chat with girls asking for lighters..
I guess i should take some help and make a 'Do's and Dont's" chart for first timers in mumbai - I may make some good money ;) - lucky u !
