Bombay
This articles is called the bombay
i got it as a forward
>>> >
>>> > A mUsT ReAd its awesome!
>>> >
>>> > B_O_M_B_A_Y
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.
>>> >
>>> >Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway
>>>station.
>>> >
>>> >There is no darkness in Andheri.
>>> >
>>> >Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.
>>> >
>>> >No king ever stayed
>>>at Kings Circle.
>>> >
>>> >Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
>>> >
>>> >Nor is there any princess at Princess Street.
>>> >
>>> >Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel
>>> >
>>> >There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.
>>> >
>>> >The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.
>>> >
>>> >There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.
>>> >
>>> >Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.
>>> >
>>> >Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar*Tram Terminus
>>>(Dadar
>>> >T.T.).
>>> >
>>> >Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market, but there is a Hospital.
>>> >
>>> >Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.
>>> >
>>> >You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.
>>> >
>>> >There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.
>>> >
>>> >There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.
>>> >
>>> >Lokhandwala complex
>>>is not an Iron and steel market.
>>> >
>>> >Null bazaar does not sell taps
>>> >
>>> >You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.
>>> >
>>> >Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.
>>> >
>>> >Hanging Gardens are not suspended.
>>> >
>>> >Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.
>>> >
>>> >Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi,
>>> >
>>> >Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,
>>> >
>>> >Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi
>>> >
>>> >But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor Bazaar!!!
>>> >
>>> >AMCHI MUMBAI
>>> >
>>> >A City where everything is possible, especially the impossible.
>>> >
>>> >Where lovers first love and then
>>> >marry,
>>> >Where there is place for every
>>> >Tom, Dick and Harry
>>> >
>>> >Where telephone bills make a
>>>person ill, Where a person cannot sleep
>>> >without a pill.
>>> >
>>> >Where carbon-dioxide is more than oxygen, Where the road is
>>>considered
>>> >to be a dustbin,
>>> >
>>> >Where college canteens are full and classes empty, Where Adam
>>>teasing is
>>> >also making an entry,
>>> >
>>> >Where a cycle reaches faster than a car, Where everyone thinks
>>>himself
>>> >to be a star,
>>> >
>>> >Where sky scrapers overlook the slum, Where houses collapse as
>>>the
>>> >monsoon comes,
>>> >
>>> >Where people first act and then think, Where there is more water
>>>in the
>>> >pen than ink,
>>> >
>>> >Where the roads see-saw in monsoon, Where the beggars become
>>>rich soon,
>>> >
>>> >Where the roads are levelled when the minister arrives,
>>> >
>>> >Where college admission means hard cash, Where cement is
>>>frequently
>>> >mixed with ash.
>>> >
>>> >This is
>>>Mumbai my dear, But don't fear, just cheer, come to Mumbai every
>>> >year!
>>> >
>>> >THINGS TO PROVE YOU'RE A BOMBAYITE.
>>> >
>>> >1. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that*this means
>>>south of
>>> >Churchgate.
>>> >
>>> >2 You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi', which
>>>only
>>> >Bombayites can understand.*
>>> >
>>> >3. Your door has more than three locks.
>>> >
>>> >4. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
>>> >
>>> >5. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events
>>>of life.
>>> >
>>> >6. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at
>>>home.
>>> >
>>> >7. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
>>> >
>>> >8. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of
>>>walk-in closet
>>> >and you think it's a "steal."
>>> >
>>> >9. You have the following sets
>>>of
>>> >friend
>>> >school friends, college
>>> >friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train
>>>friends, a
>>> >species unique only in Bombay.
>>> >
>>> >10. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you
>>>call the
>>> >roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden
>>>Road,
>>> >Peddar  Road, Altamount Road .
>>> >
>>> >11. Stock market quotes are the only other thing*besides cricket
>>>which
>>> >you follow passionately.
>>> >
>>> >12. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the
>>>"Bombay
>>> >Times" supplement.
>>> >
>>> >13. You take fashion seriously. You're suspicious of strangers
>>>who are
>>> >actually nice to you.
>>> >
>>> >14. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
>>> >
>>> >15. You compare
>>>Bombay to New York's
>>> >Manhattaninstead
>>> >of any other
>>> >cities of India.
>>> >
>>> >16. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
>>> >
>>> >17. You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz
>>>airports
>>> >instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
>>> >
>>> >18. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
>>> >
>>> >19. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on
>>>your
>>> >toes.
>>> >
>>> >20. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
>>> >
>>> >21. You
>>> >lovewading
>>> >through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and
>>> >actually call it ''romantic'.
>>> >
>>> >22. Only in Bombay , you would get Chinese Dosa
>>>and Jain Chicken.
>>> >
i got it as a forward
>>> >
>>> > A mUsT ReAd its awesome!
>>> >
>>> > B_O_M_B_A_Y
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.
>>> >
>>> >Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway
>>>station.
>>> >
>>> >There is no darkness in Andheri.
>>> >
>>> >Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.
>>> >
>>> >No king ever stayed
>>>at Kings Circle.
>>> >
>>> >Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
>>> >
>>> >Nor is there any princess at Princess Street.
>>> >
>>> >Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel
>>> >
>>> >There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.
>>> >
>>> >The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.
>>> >
>>> >There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.
>>> >
>>> >Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.
>>> >
>>> >Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar*Tram Terminus
>>>(Dadar
>>> >T.T.).
>>> >
>>> >Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market, but there is a Hospital.
>>> >
>>> >Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.
>>> >
>>> >You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.
>>> >
>>> >There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.
>>> >
>>> >There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.
>>> >
>>> >Lokhandwala complex
>>>is not an Iron and steel market.
>>> >
>>> >Null bazaar does not sell taps
>>> >
>>> >You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.
>>> >
>>> >Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.
>>> >
>>> >Hanging Gardens are not suspended.
>>> >
>>> >Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.
>>> >
>>> >Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi,
>>> >
>>> >Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,
>>> >
>>> >Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi
>>> >
>>> >But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor Bazaar!!!
>>> >
>>> >AMCHI MUMBAI
>>> >
>>> >A City where everything is possible, especially the impossible.
>>> >
>>> >Where lovers first love and then
>>> >marry
>>> >Where there is place for every
>>> >Tom, Dick and Harry
>>> >
>>> >Where telephone bills make a
>>>person ill, Where a person cannot sleep
>>> >without a pill.
>>> >
>>> >Where carbon-dioxide is more than oxygen, Where the road is
>>>considered
>>> >to be a dustbin,
>>> >
>>> >Where college canteens are full and classes empty, Where Adam
>>>teasing is
>>> >also making an entry,
>>> >
>>> >Where a cycle reaches faster than a car, Where everyone thinks
>>>himself
>>> >to be a star,
>>> >
>>> >Where sky scrapers overlook the slum, Where houses collapse as
>>>the
>>> >monsoon comes,
>>> >
>>> >Where people first act and then think, Where there is more water
>>>in the
>>> >pen than ink,
>>> >
>>> >Where the roads see-saw in monsoon, Where the beggars become
>>>rich soon,
>>> >
>>> >Where the roads are levelled when the minister arrives,
>>> >
>>> >Where college admission means hard cash, Where cement is
>>>frequently
>>> >mixed with ash.
>>> >
>>> >This is
>>>Mumbai my dear, But don't fear, just cheer, come to Mumbai every
>>> >year!
>>> >
>>> >THINGS TO PROVE YOU'RE A BOMBAYITE.
>>> >
>>> >1. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that*this means
>>>south of
>>> >Churchgate.
>>> >
>>> >2 You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi', which
>>>only
>>> >Bombayites can understand.*
>>> >
>>> >3. Your door has more than three locks.
>>> >
>>> >4. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
>>> >
>>> >5. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events
>>>of life.
>>> >
>>> >6. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at
>>>home.
>>> >
>>> >7. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
>>> >
>>> >8. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of
>>>walk-in closet
>>> >and you think it's a "steal."
>>> >
>>> >9. You have the following sets
>>>of
>>> >friend
>>> >school friends, college
>>> >friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train
>>>friends, a
>>> >species unique only in Bombay.
>>> >
>>> >10. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you
>>>call the
>>> >roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden
>>>Road,
>>> >Peddar  Road, Altamount Road .
>>> >
>>> >11. Stock market quotes are the only other thing*besides cricket
>>>which
>>> >you follow passionately.
>>> >
>>> >12. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the
>>>"Bombay
>>> >Times" supplement.
>>> >
>>> >13. You take fashion seriously. You're suspicious of strangers
>>>who are
>>> >actually nice to you.
>>> >
>>> >14. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
>>> >
>>> >15. You compare
>>>Bombay to New York's
>>> >Manhattan
>>> >of any other
>>> >cities of India.
>>> >
>>> >16. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
>>> >
>>> >17. You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz
>>>airports
>>> >instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
>>> >
>>> >18. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
>>> >
>>> >19. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on
>>>your
>>> >toes.
>>> >
>>> >20. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
>>> >
>>> >21. You
>>> >love
>>> >through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and
>>> >actually call it ''romantic'.
>>> >
>>> >22. Only in Bombay , you would get Chinese Dosa
>>>and Jain Chicken.
>>> >
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