God of Big Things.

Bombay is a big city, covering area of 600 square kilometer and having a population of more then 19 million people. It is second largest city in world and I think the only city in India with a blend of flavors from all over India. Economically it generates 5% of India’s GDP. What do all these big figures mean to me. All these big figures mean a lot infact. It means after you come to this city you realize that a sq feet of area means so much, money and time are two most important things in life, being a girl doesn’t mean sitting at home, decision of having second kid depends on pay package, life is not about waiting for opportunities to happen but to make them happen and so many things. You get stuck by Mumbai virus the moment you step on this soil. High rises, slums, footpaths, 5 stars, red light areas, bars, pubs anything you ask for (or not ask for) and you have it. It doesn’t mean that none other big cities provide this but Bombay obviously has an undisputed edge over all other metros.
What drives mumbaites, how they have so much of energy to take a local in morning where even breathing is an effort and then come back on same by evening, how they manage to come up from a breakup so soon and start afresh next very day, how they make there living by selling a 2 buck comb in locals for years and continue doing it for rest of their life. What is the driving nerve of this place that we call as Mumbai. It is the God of all small and big things – Dreams. This is a place that sells dreams to all small, medium or big people. It gives new dreams to the eyes, providing all the opportunities for the wings to expand that make you can fly till whatever height or fall till whatever depth. Such a variety of public you can find here, from beggars to business owners, from auto driver to merc owner, from common man to the biggest actor, from laborer to a politician, from an atheist to the most religious person, from a person staying in a slum to a nariman point resident, in brief from nobody to everybody to somebody. This means at whatever level you are at, you always have somebody to look upto till you reach highest level, which again is an undefined line in this city.
When I came in this city, I hardly had any idea about the life other then that I am going to join my husband here in a new company with 50% hike in salary. But this is the city which gave my mind more horizon to think. Life is not just about job, salary hike, marriage, kids, its far more than that. I don’t say that I have got the clarity of what I want to do, but I think it is a better situation then being ignorant. I am also one of the customers of this Mumbai dreams and hope to fulfill them in this city only one day.