BOMBAY AND DELHI

The debate of 'bombay vs delhi' has become a internal part of my life . Frankly speaking , i have got annoyed by this topic because it has led to few heated discussions with few of my good friends. If you take my opinion , surprisingly i have started loving both these cities a lot and actually could not find an answer to a commonly asked question by various people that " DELHI MEIN JYADA MANN LAGTA HAI KI BOMBAY MEIN ?". It generally becomes tough for the people to buy the fact that i love both these cities equally. I completely agree the fact that both these cities are different , but that has been a plus point for me as i get to learn new things . Considering , each and every word i have written above , i would like to make one more observation that both these cities are products of the contribution made by each and every part of INDIA or the BHARAT...as some like to mention it . Thus, i have decided to express my views on how i started to like both these cities by taking the positives and moving on .

'BOMBAY' or should i say 'MUMBAI' to be on the safer side , though i like to old name more and reason is pretty straight forward because it sounds better to me . The reason is pretty simple , my liking for this city developed because i actually never have had an bad experience in this city. Probably there is one more reason that i hated my stay at singapore so much , so at that point which ever Indian city one would have put me into i would have liked it . But the question is how did my liking for the city changed into a life long love for it . Frankly speaking , for those who have stayed in MUMBAI for long , its tough for them to hate the city because no doubt this city is 'LEGENDARY' for sure . Other stuff which changed my liking into a love for the city where newspaper articles , movies and mostly experience of the city. Like most other cities , MUMBAI has its own nicknames given by different groups of people at different times but if had to choose from them , i would select "the city that never sleeps" and "the city of lights". Survival in BOMBAY is not easy for all sets of people, even if the person lives in the slums of DHARAVI or is a hot shot stock broker at DALAL STREET . This made me admire the hard-working nature of this city , it is probably the most hard-working metropolitan in INDIA. We all know that this city is infra-structurally not up to the mark , but the biggest strength of this city has been its 'people'. Right from auto-wallas to any other stranger you interact with in this city , you could feel a sense humility or respect in their eyes for you. The spirit of the people of bombay is just amazing , inspite of being pre-occupied most of the time people still are always eager to help you and it is also one of the safest city for women in the country. Thus i would like to conclude my views about the city by adding one more nickname given to it which i had missed................"the city of dreams"...........................

DELHI a.k.a DILLI - the capital of the ex-mughal empire , the capital of ex-british india and most importantly the capital of INDIA BHARAT HINDUSTAN

After all the praise for Mumbai , the first thought which comes in everyone's mind and it looks surprising to me also , how can i like any other city and that also DELHI........as most people consider it to be completely different from each other in terms of lifestyle etc. , well that's true but it dint stop me to develop a equivalent love for this city too. Unlike MUMBAI , my liking for DELHI has been completely due to my experiences and also unlike MUMBAI , i have had few bad experiences in DELHI initially but all of it can be neglected considering what all i have gained. The exposure i got in the capital has completely changed me.......it has made me a much more confident and efficient in my approach . I met few amazing people who have completely influenced me for the good and this process is on. I think DELHI is a city which teaches you a lot about life and thus , makes you better person if you want to be . It is in DELHI, i got a chance to personally interact with so many people from different backgrounds , thus , enriched my knowledge and cleared my misconceptions . It made me a much more aware citizen of my country and a responsible global citizen. The rich architectural heritage and the delicious food of the city has also always fascinated me.

I think both these cities have a common weakness that instead of learning from each other , they compare and criticise each other . It is important to those local migrants who have benefitted from these two cities to also go back and add some value to their own city , if it would not have been for the strong roots which they had brought with them from their respective home towns , they would not have survived in here . Thus , i would like to conclude by saying that if whole INDIA has contributed in making these two cities a global city........then its now the responsibility of these two cities to reciprocate the same and make our country a DEVELOPED NATION .