tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post1973805111248868074..comments2014-11-20T08:12:08.484-08:00Comments on Sunshine...: The city of hopeSunshine...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16545151426704234523noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-62587564964326936682011-04-10T02:54:20.804-07:002011-04-10T02:54:20.804-07:00"the world is too large a place to be divided..."the world is too large a place to be divided by 500kms" - Love this statement of yours!!! An optimist as you are, Really like the way you can find the best in the grimmest of situations. You are becoming more of an idol to me for your strength and positive energy!!<br /><br />Thanks Nik...Sunshine...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16545151426704234523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-9693878204074556702011-04-09T23:10:12.275-07:002011-04-09T23:10:12.275-07:00Good post...owning up as soon as your views change...Good post...owning up as soon as your views changed!! Mumbai will be glad!<br />I do agree that Mumbai is a challenging place to live, fast and frenzied, prohibitive real estate prices, bad traffic etc...<br />But that cannot take away what the city offers to everyone, as you and Priyank pointed out- opportunities, freedom, privacy, and most of all, options and the right to choose..<br />Truly pointed out, even I feel a sense of hope when I stand at marine drive..even if traveling in locals is a pain, I do feel good about myself when I do that...makes me feel like a striving, confident, aspiring person..<br />I think Delhi and Mumbai are both good cities in their own sense (and I love Delhi more), but that does not mean the other one is not special. And yes, as far as living away from friends and family is concerned, the world is too large a place to be divided by 500kms..I think we can bear with that...this realization based on my fresh experience! :Pnikhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362969682117725889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-21116509737554120072011-03-13T03:54:33.129-07:002011-03-13T03:54:33.129-07:00A city is nothing more than the people in it... So...A city is nothing more than the people in it... So, I guess Mumbai has just improved itself after your above comment!!! :)Priyank Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845404518659654452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-55294910135889962172011-03-12T21:56:43.621-08:002011-03-12T21:56:43.621-08:00Priyank: I appreciate all that you say about the c...Priyank: I appreciate all that you say about the city that Mumbai is! As my blog clearly says, there is nothing wrong with the city and it's the perception of the poeple who come here that has changed the reputation of Mumbai and portrayed it as something that it is not!!<br /><br />However, I understand your concern and I would be as much passionate if someone says a word against Delhi!!!<br /><br />Yeah and somewhere along the way the city has given me enough people to fall in love with :)<br /><br />Cheers to Mumbai for that!Sunshine...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16545151426704234523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-71406268693651438442011-03-10T08:53:35.720-08:002011-03-10T08:53:35.720-08:00I am one of the millions of fans of this city call...I am one of the millions of fans of this city called Mumbai and thus I take it as my personal duty to stand up for the city which is so giving. I believe this city requires its due credit. So I am ready to advocate this city this the last inch of its land.<br /><br />The very fact that you are standing at 2:00 am at a public place in this city brings me to the iteration of what this city has given you. FREEDOM. The freedom to lead your life on your terms with your rules in your style. It is something which not all places in this world give you.<br /><br />The other thing which comes bundled with freedom, which is a blessing but u consider it bain. That factor is PRIVACY. The people here do not care for their neighbors but when there is a train blast, thousands of people reach there to help before the ambulances arrive. It gives you a shoulder when you need and an empty room when you demand so.<br /><br />The people you find running in the frenzied race are also there to give you something by doing the crazy goose chase. It inspires and to an extent even mandates you to join the goose chase to provide you with what you had come to the city in the first place. Its called SUCCESS.<br /><br />And above all, there is one more thing that this city gives. The very fact that you are not astonished by this city is because you have still not got this gift from this City. That gift is the gift of LOVE. So go ahead and find this gift in the city and your opinion will surely change. And if you don't find it, I have an option for you...<br /><br /><br />Fall in love with this CITY...Priyank Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845404518659654452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-18104723803679800432011-03-08T11:05:52.017-08:002011-03-08T11:05:52.017-08:00I have been so frustrated with this city myself an...I have been so frustrated with this city myself and I thought that I owed Mumbai an apology for such a biased opinion... After all the city has given me some great memories (especially with you!!!) and hence this was a long overdue post!<br /><br />Thanks for the encouragement brother :)Sunshine...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16545151426704234523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843698166566880850.post-64780376087880528102011-03-07T18:53:09.478-08:002011-03-07T18:53:09.478-08:00Hmmm. You make a discerning point about how our vi...Hmmm. You make a discerning point about how our views of a city are based on what we do NOT have there - for example, as you pointed out, friends of childhood and obviously family - instead of what there is. :)<br /><br />I for one have always believed, even though inwardly I cringed at the thought of going to Mumbai (even when ex was around!), that Mumbai is a city of resilience... and a city of resilience is also one of hope, dreams etc because as far as I see - and I needn't tell you for you know me - there is no dreams coming true in life without endurance.<br /><br />Excellent post da. :) Made me recall my one late night at Marine Drive with Sharang. Made me recall our times there. Made me miss Bombay. For that and many other flashes that it created, thank you for this post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com