On 04-Jul-06, at 6:30 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
At least the city does not have major problems with power, with
potable
water, with transport facilities. Stuff which the rest of the country
appears to have problems achieving.
Really? The last time I was there, they were having rolling power
cuts. Everyone in Bombay has universally advised me to not drink
publicly available water. If it's not filtered -- if the
establishment doesn't make a fuss over how they filter it -- it's not
drinkable. And transport? Oh joy! You know what? Let's go catch the
late night show at Sterling. It'll end at about 1 AM, we'll walk over
to VT, and oops, no more trains. Taxi? Uh oh, your Rs 10 train ride
home has blown up to Rs 400.
And that's if you can afford such luxuries as "entertainment" and
"spare time" after you're done with the two and a half hours of being
packed tighter than a can of sardines each day. At least I didn't
need to iron my clothes.
Bombay works only if you can afford it. The city is overrated.
--
Kiran Jonnalagadda
http://www.pobox.com/~jace
