You Know When You Are From Mumbai/Bombay When?

1 Nov 2009

Ok I am from Bombay, or Mumbai as Raj Thackeray wants us to call it. But how do other’s know if you are an actual Bombaiya or Mumbaite?

Well here are 139 reasons which tell you that you are a pakka Bumbaiya, few of my favorites listed below.

You speak in a dialect of Hindi called ‘Bambaiya Hindi’, which only Bombayites can understand.
Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
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.
The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
"Change" is "Chillar", "Ditching" is a "Kalti" and "Trouble" is "Jhol". (Maybe Vaat Lagli too )
Every cab and rickshaw driver makes small talk with you. (Haven’t you heard, kya saab/mehensaab kitna traffic hai dekho )
You are back to work next day after the city is bombed – Truly the spirit of Bombay.
You call the cabbies and waiters BOSS
When there’s no place to breathe in the trains but there’s place to play cards and sing bhajans!
You keep spare candles in the kitchen just in case there’s a power surge.

Cheers to the spirit of Bombay. I miss Bombay a lot and want to be back, but hey there is a much more bigger reason I want to back in India and will go where she is, yes you guessed it right the love of my life . Cheers Keith.