It’s been two weeks since I moved into Mumbai and ever since two things have kept me occupied, hunting for a job and looking for a place to stay. Though both has reached a certain degree of success, the hunt still continues to find the best.

Simultaneously, I was also showing a keen interest in the way this enormous city functions which eventually led to comparisons between Mumbai and Pune.

• Mumbai is the commercial capital of India, Pune the education capital.
• People in Mumbai live on the fast lane. A minute is very precious here which is easily noticeable in the railway stations.
  For an alien into the city, missing a local is not a big deal but for a Mumbaikar missing a local signifies waiting for four more minutes until the next one arrives and that my friend is a lot of time to lose.
  Pune, on the other hand is pretty laid-back.
• Mumbai is a ticking time bomb. Disaster awaits this city and Pune is doing no better. Awful and pathetic town planning will surely cause large scale mayhem if disaster strikes the two cities.
• Mornings in Pune is fresh and pure but Mumbai forever stinks. The air’s heavy and stale. Even a good nights sleep is not enough to get rid of the lethargy and tiredness.
• Pune is a lot greener than Mumbai. Greenery in Mumbai is what facial hair is to women!
• Any open space (corners and bends of a road, plot of land, roof tops, etc) in Mumbai is a landfill. There’s garbage and litter everywhere.
• Outdoor sports in Mumbai is like Sania Mirza and tennis. They’ve heard of it/her but they don’t know how and where to play it.
  In Pune, sports was never a problem. We played football and cricket avidly as there was time and a lot of open spaces to play on.
• Hills in Pune will surely thrive because of its loyal citizens whose constant efforts has let them remain as geographical monuments.
  In Mumbai, you’ll find Hills only in names of roads or junctions. These hills were ‘hacked and cut’ only to be replaced by concrete jungles.

In spite of the various pros and cons (Mumbai certainly gets a beating), if work (in Mumbai) and play (in Pune) work with congruency then it won’t make Jack a dull boy.

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This post marks two important milestones in my life. The first is that I am an Engineer now (the only one in the entire family comprising of my paternal and maternal relations) and the second is that this is my 50th post. It surely did take a while but my fondness for writing has only multiplied as the times went by; and for celebrations I dedicate this post and the video to the friends I hung out with in the last two years of my college.

Things that I’ll miss:

• Bun Omlette at Goodluck Cafe
• Breakfast at Anna
• Football
• Playing Counter Strike
• Pictures and more Pictures
• Leg pulling
• Mantri’s hair (it was just too silky and straight)
• Siddhu’s and Chetan’s sade PJ’s
• Vinay’s antiques
• Dex’s football and his humbleness
• Dinner at Neha’s place
• Neha’s kindness and modesty
• Chetan’s ever-so-loud voice
• Gathering and dancing (especially at Lush )
• All our Nautanki’s
• Chalk fights… especially Vaibhav, he never got it right
• All of bunched together in one corner of the class
• Chetan’s Dinkies’ (we’ve lost count) and Yogi’s tryst with girls
• Nikhil’s “Stranger” and Nirmal’s undisclosed crushes (apart from one!)
• Mohammad’s experiences in the gym (now, when did he go to one?)
• Siddhu’s love for K
• Our hilku somalian friend
• Our evergreen videos
• Vaibhav’s nicknames: Barbie, Firangi, Bulandi, Odomos , etc and his never ending smile
• Mayur’s desperation to know more.. especially his fondness to ask questions (kyun ?)
• Everyone’s birthday bashes (how can we ever forget Nikhil and his parkour stunt)
• Our spontaneous trips
• Siddhu’s singing in a female voice
• Vaibhav’s love to sing (he screws every song)

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