No.7G, Rainbow Colony,
MG Road, Dharavi,
Mumbai – 17.
28/08/2010.
My dear Rahim,
You might be wondering at long silence. The simple explanation
is that I happened to go to Mumbai and stayed there for a month in my uncle’s house. I was so
much dazzled by this metro polis at first that I decided to observe it longer
before writing to you.
Frankly
speaking, I was not impressed with the well –known sights of Mumbai such as the
prince of Wales museum, the Gateway of India , and the Victoria Gardens. I have
seen such sight , some of the better, in Bangalore and Hyderabad .What mainly struck
me about Mumbai was its cosmopolitan character. You will find here people
coming from all parts of India , speaking
different Languages , and belonging to different religions and communities.
Some Europeans and Americans also live here. I saw the sea for the first time in my life and was enchanted
with it. But another sea took my
breath away – the sea of humanity, endless,
surging, that pours into the Churchgate and Shivaji terminus stations in the evening. It is no wonder that
the housing problem stares the city in
the face.
Mumbai is a city of contrasts .wealth and poverty, skyscrapers
and slums, exist side by side .men in ultra-modern clothes brush shoulders with gentlemen clad in an
orthodox fashion. Gross materialism and wild pleasure-seeking co-exist in
the pursuit of spiritual development.
I look
forward to meeting you after the school reopens.
Your loving friend.
Magesh .
