My Experience in Mumbaaiii

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MY Experience In MUMBAIi!

When I look back and recollect the first few months spent here in Mumbai, many things/emotions/objects/days appears in eyes.. This time sharing common 'Painful' experience here which now seems so funny, every time I read and LOL..;)
Experience it yourself.

> You are late for office already. You get in bus coming to your side as routine. You say ticket for Station, Conductor said- 'UTAR JA..ye dusre route ki bus h'. You return back to bus stop and see the right bus going in front of your eyes..alas!!

> You are in hurry. Your senior said yesterday to you to be in office every day by 10:15. You anyhow get to particular station. You find that you are behind such a great crowd..your chance to get in train is 0.00. That local train went. You wait 4-5 min for next train..But that is ladies special..You wait for another 4 min..This train is slow and halts at all stations so won't serve your purpose..You decide to let it go..another 3 min for next fast train..you look back and find even bigger crowd..This time you CAN'T AFFORD to LET IT GO.

> Today when you were getting dressed, you again noticed that your specs are quite good. You go to local train station and while getting in to train struggling with bag and other ones like you..you listen a creck-break sound..Oops! Yes. Your specs are no more now.

> You are having a minor ignorable stomch-pain..you wish to take leave from office..but anyhow you don't..you get in bus thinking you need to sit.. but bus is already occupied with the creatures looking like you..ok..you anyhow bears that pain till you reach station to catch train.. now you wish to sit in local but very next moment you remember the well shared pic of local trains and people hanging outside trains and you drop the possibility of getting a seat..you think that you should have taken leave.

> From station near to office you go back to junction so that you can have a seat to sit..you get the seat..but shit ! train announced that it will not be going to destination due to repair or whatever..you let go the dearest seat and again struggle to get into another local with probability of sitting again coming down to 0.00.

> When local comes, few people just touch the train and pray something. I saw and laugh. After couple of weeks I noticed that I too was praying to get in and get out safe and sound.

> You have to get in queue if you are willing to take auto at certain places, get in queue for bus, tickets, getting in train, and even for using stairs at station, at brand factory on discount days and most of rest cases. Standing in queue, then seemed to be favourite pass time of people here. But now I can experience the reason.

> The amazing thing I learnt is the art of sleeping while standing in commute..Common art for Mumbaikars..Amazing thing if you dont shock person standing ahead if you by sudden knee pushes..You know what I mean if you have experienced it or if you can imagine it.

> Train experience in Locals here is one time must have..(other than pickpocketing ofcourse) I thought it'd have felt better if it was just one time only.

> Looking at the crowd at platform.. I remembered Gandhiji's saying which I modify as- If India lives in villages..Mumbai lives at Local platforms.

> Covering short distance as much as of 20 steps take sometime 10 mins in crowd..Yes, truely.

There are many things to experience here in Mumbai. Many of us have experienced something like this and many will experience the same.

Originally posted on My Notes on Facebook.