Delhi Vs. Mumbai

 
I have lived all my life in Delhi & spent about an year in Mumbai, so I think I've a different perspective of looking at this "rivalry".
 
Space:
 
 
My house (Paternal, I was born here & my Father before me & live in a Joint family) in Delhi is big, spacious & most of the bedrooms have attach lat/baths.
 
 
I craved for space in Mumbai, although my consulting gig paid well in stock & bonuses & I was getting a 12k HRA it barely covered my rent. I got a small ground floor 1BR + Small kitchen/store room for that money in Andheri East, which apparently was only 5 minutes walk from my office in Mahakali Caves Road (Near Tunga Restaurant). 
 
 
I had a small fenced verandah & space to park my car, which although didn't had a society sticker was still had empty spot.
 
 
I loved my empty parking spot but hated the room; it was tiny & it sucked the life out of me, I didn't even have space to put in a real bed & accommodate a cupboard, the place came with a godrej almirah but we all know how much do we use those, I improvised used a futon mattress & got myself a industrial rack from my designer friend.

 
The love affair with my apartment didn't last long since it was on ground floor it almost drowned in Mumbai rains, I had to sleep on a friends couch for a week & almost got my things ruined hadn't it been to nice uncle who noticed the rains doing damage & informed me. I cut short my trip to take charge. 

 
Still Love The Parking Spot:

 
I still loved the parking spot, I live in South Delhi & still hate to find a decent one near my home, apparently we own too many cars for one household to sustain healthy parking ratio (perks of living in a Joint Family, you will always be fighting for that golden spot with your elder cousin)..


We The People:


The people in Mumbai are definitely nicer to do business with & although they don't waste time with pleasantries are still gracious, polite & thankful people.
I have some of my best friends in Mumbai available on call 24/7 & who come to Delhi often & still take time out to drop in at my office to say hello, drink beer or just "hang out".

 
Delhites on the other hand are evil (not all) & are heavy on Name Dropping (I get that, really I do. My dad's been a lawyer for enough decades to know every single politico in Delhi) EVERY ONE KNOWS SOMEONE.

 
Mumbaiya Guys are cool & don't give a shit who you are or what's your background. They will trust you blindly & open their homes for you.
 
 
When I started my Broadband company my first & only investor was from Mumbai, he is an ex-BOA guy who owns more rentals than anyone I know. He insisted in investing in me when noone had any clue what we would do or becvome; not even me.
 
He saw "Potential" when we everyone all saw "Crazy". He is also pushing me now to complete my book (fiction) which I stopped writing a year ago & publish it for me. He is the best Mentor & Friend I got, my strongest Mumbai connection.
 
 
I'm not mentioning RoadRage & Rape's cause the traditional media does a good job of covering those. Please let me know what you think. I request you to not be judgmental or patriotic toward your home state but be rational & think which city has given you more. For me Delhi has given me culture & home but Mumbai has given me my Dream.
 
Thank You,
Deepak Sharma
 
P.S. I can be reached on Twitter.
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Permalink Reply by Vijay Khubchandani on July 13, 2012 at 9:59pm
Exactly Rahul.. The scene was like straight out of Chak De India.. ;) :))
Permalink Reply by Ravish on July 14, 2012 at 12:03am

One thing I failed to understand about Mumbai airport.

Why are the customs officers so finicky about passengers luggage? They scan each and every piece of baggage of every inbound passenger, and make very long queues. Is Mumbai airport bombarding with inbound smugglers and criminals?

I have never seen this on any other airport.

Permalink Reply by Ravi on July 14, 2012 at 1:18am
I have never been to mumbai, but my sister lived there for 2yrs, so it's her view of these 2 cities...
Mumbai men are more polite, chivalrous and courteous.
The delhi male will do his best to make a girl on he road feel uncomfortable and cautious. They will stare at girls as if they are taking x-rays.
So basically In Mumbai females will feel safer.
But, Delhi is a more welcoming state for people from poorer states like Bihar.
Few months back there was an article in TOI stating that immigration to Mumbai has become almost nil from other states and Delhi ranks highest in terms of people imigrating fom other states.
Nobody beats a cab driver here in Delhi just because he is from U.P.
So if I am a poor Indian Delhi is a safe bet for me.
If i am a Upper-middle class Indian or a women than Mumbai is the city for me.
( as per the 2011 crime report issued by NCRB, West Bengal is most cruel towards women, MP is India's rape capital and Kerala has the highest rate of violent crimes.)

Delhi shares one third of its boundary with Haryana, so their is a strong Haryanvi influence over delhi, especially in delhi police(almost 90% of delhi plice is haryanvi). And the tone Of haryanvi dialect is a bit agressive. One may be in jovial mood but he will sound as if he will beat the crap out of you, and we can't do much about this, it's just like that.
Permalink Reply by Vijay Khubchandani on July 14, 2012 at 1:26am
Ravi, those were some good statistics man..
Permalink Reply by Nishant Agrawal on July 14, 2012 at 1:51pm

Mumbaikars hate poor and underprivileged people from UP and Bihar - they call them Bhaiyya. I learnt it the hard way; unknowingly, I called a bus conductor 'bhaiyya' - he got furious.

I've read articles on increasing crimes against women in Mumbai - maybe it's not so safe anymore. After all, the Keenan and Reubin incident happened in Mumbai.

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