Bombay - My "home" town!

I came across it as a 20year old, wide-eyed and over-awed by the splendour, as I enrolled in a management course in its precincts. The entrepreneur’s delight, the investor’s market, the filmmaker’s canvas and the businessman’s favourite , the city of dreams, Mumbai, is the crucible of new India. When I step onto any of its streets, any time of day, a surge of inspiration shoots up my veins. I try to understand why.
History
From the magnificent Taj Mahal hotel (ranked as the best hotel in the world at the time of its opening, more than a hundred years ago) to the bustling business district of Nariman Point (which was once the costliest place on earth); from the iconic Bombay Stock Exchange Building to the imperial buildings in town, the city is steeped in rich business history. And as one walks past such hallowed edifices, one is overwhelmed as much by their magnificence as by the knowledge that past business luminaries have treaded the same steps.
Professionalism
Be it the six-sigma decorated dabbawalas of Mumbai which carry 200,000 tiffin boxes a day on time to the metro train service which ferries 7 million passengers a day, there is world clas professionalism in any service that you use in the city.
Energy
Renowned screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, when filming Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, had commented and I quote, “I wanted to get across the sense of this huge amount of fun, laughter, chat and sense of community that is in these slums. What you pick up on is this mass of energy”. It is this characteristic buzz and zing of the city which is so uplifting.
Never say die spirit
Whether there be floods (26th July, 2005), serial bomb blasts (11th July, 2006) or terrorist attacks (26th Nov, 2008), the city is up on its toes the next morning. The attitude on display is a veritable lesson in life – howsover hard do the adversities hit you, you hit the road back harder.