Mumbai,the financial capital of India is the city which anyone in India would dream to live in.India is considered to be multilingual,multiethnic & multi cultured country and Mumbai is the best example to experience it.People from everywhere in the country come to this city just for a hope that they will get bread and butter if they work hard.This HOPE makes this city unique from any other city in India.Bollywood,HQ of Multi-National companies,never-ending multi storey buildings worth in crores and mesmerising night life are some characteristic of this city.
Bombay is the city of dabbawalas,city of slums,city of local trains which carry 1 million passengers daily,city of struggling actors and the most important a historical place.Bombay is unique blend of lower middle class,middle class and upper middle class.Bombay is famous for it's Vada-Pav,people living in chawls and not to mention: Underworld.Bombay celebrates every festival as if it was originated from it be it Holi,Ganapati,Janamashtmi,GuruNank Jayanti,Bakar-Id,Diwali or Christmas.Most of the people still recognize Mumbai by Bombay not in India but in other parts of the world also.
Being a Mumbite I would say Bombay lives in the three tracks of Mumbai i.e Harbour,Central and Western.
Amchi Bombay
Bombay is the city of dabbawalas,city of slums,city of local trains which carry 1 million passengers daily,city of struggling actors and the most important a historical place.Bombay is unique blend of lower middle class,middle class and upper middle class.Bombay is famous for it's Vada-Pav,people living in chawls and not to mention: Underworld.Bombay celebrates every festival as if it was originated from it be it Holi,Ganapati,Janamashtmi,GuruNank Jayanti,Bakar-Id,Diwali or Christmas.Most of the people still recognize Mumbai by Bombay not in India but in other parts of the world also.
Being a Mumbite I would say Bombay lives in the three tracks of Mumbai i.e Harbour,Central and Western.
Amchi Bombay
You are absolutely right, Rohit..Be it Bombay or Mumabi the city is still the same. But most of us might not be aware of why Shiva Sena, MNS fight for the name "Mumbai". Basically the name came from two marathi words. "Mumba" means Maha Amba and aai means mother. Mumbai name is for the the godess "Mumba Devi" whose temple is situated in Mumbai.Bombay was the name given by portuguese which meant harbour in their language.
ReplyDeleteNow its upto all my Indian brothers whether to call it with a name which is portuguese or the name which refers to our ancient God.
Thanks for your valuable comments Nilesh.. and I understand your point of view but when I think about country like INDIA and if you know the history of INDIA then you will also agree that there there are n numbers of things in this country which were borrowed from outside be it culture,religion,language etc. and even today in Mumbai most of the names of roads and landmarks are of foreign people and I dont think by changing names of the city we will achieve any good for the mankind.
ReplyDeleteI am a devotee of God but I would not love to divide people of my country on the basis of names of the city.INDIA or any state of INDIA does not belong to any one particular culture or tradition.Unless and until we start thinking from INDIA perspective there will be confusions and tension in this country.
I believe Mumbai is a part of INDIA and whether we call it by Portuguese name or Goddess name it does not matter but it does matter if any one lfe is getting affected by such initiatives by MNS or Shiv Sena.That's the reason I say it is 'Amchi Bombay'.