This is Subodh. Subs and I had brunch this morning. I think he is the first Indian I ever..met here in DC. His hometown is Mumbai.
Mumbai, formerly known in English as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India , and by some measures the most populous city in the world with an estimated population of about 13 million as of 2006).
Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. It is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses important financial institutions, and the corporate headquarters of many Indian companies. Mumbai has attracted migrants from all over India because of the immense business opportunities, and the relatively high standard of living, making the city a potpourri of various communities and cultures. The city is home to India's Hindi film and TV industry,Bollywood.
OK. That was the Wiki description. Informational, but a bit...stale. Here is the Lonely Planet description. I like it.
Mumbai is the bubblegum glamour of Bollywood cinema, shopping malls full of designer labels, cricket on the Oval Maidan, promenading families eating bhelpuri on the beach at Chowpatty, red double-decker buses queuing in grinding traffic jams and the infamous cages of the red-light district.
This pungent drama is played out against a Victorian townscape more reminiscent of a prosperous 19th-century English industrial city than anything you'd expect to find on the edge of the Arabian Sea. It's a city with vibrant streetlife, India's best nightlife, and a wealth of bazaars.
For Subodh...
Mumbai - in three words: Alive, Randy, Cosmo-Masala
Don't forget some of us LIVE in Mumbai!
Posted by: Andy | March 23, 2007 at 03:34 AM