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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