Pulsating Mumbai

PULSATING MUMBAI

“No place is as random as Mumbai- from its people to its traffic to its slum. But in the midst of chaos, there is still a melodious rhythm to it all.”

Mumbai called the New York of India sounds very cliche, right? But that is what describes the city of dreams the best. It depicts the place is always up and about, even in the wake of terrorist attacks and natural calamities.

Mumbaikars represent the true spirit of India as this city is crucible of people from different religions, caste and communities. Representative of “Never say die” spirit, these people are full of vigor. This however doesn’t mean that religion holds no place in the life of Mumbai. Siddhi Vinayak temple stands testimony to the devout nature of the people of this city.

Food is the highlight of this city. Chaupati beach offers one wide variety of street ranging from bhelpuri, panipuri, Vada pav. Desserts of this place includes chikki, shrikhan, puran poli and shira.

The home of the Indian Film industry, one has to visit the gateway of India. The central attraction of the city, important because this is where the Britishers left the independent India. A walk down Marine drive is all that is required to soothe one’s soul.

Shopping in Mumbai is an absolute delight. A home to all the brands of the world, this place also provides a good bargain for people who don’t leave a hole in their pocket.

The commercial capital of India, this city comes as a surprise to visitors its high rising structures, multi-millionaires.

This city comes as a surprise to visitors its high rising structures, multi-millionaires driving down, multinational business houses on o e hand destroying the slums of Dharawi.

‘yeh hai Bombay, yeh hai Bombay, yeh hai Bombay meri jaan’

-          Akshata Singh

XII-LILY

Teenage

One person, one life, but that one life consists of various stages, which we all have to pass through . There are seven stages of life. Shakespeare did say,'This world is a stage and we are the performers, as our performance gets over another performance comes to stage life'.
The most important phase of our life is teenage. Its the time when we actually start leading towards maturity.
Teenage is full of confusion and chaos. Our life feels like a complete mess.
We want to be independent, want to have our own opinion, we want to live life in our own way. We wish to fulfill all our desires.
We want to be free and fly Luke a bird. Teenage is full of wishes. Teenagers have their own goals.
Yess, It is full of  chaos but it is our best time to mould ourselves into what we wish to be.

Where The Mind Is Without Fear

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

                              - Rabindranath Tagore

Local Trains-Lifeline of Mumbai.

Mumbai locals are rightly called the lifeline of the city, with almost all of the city’s inhabitants relying on them to get to work or other destinations at some point of time. Many of them rely on these services on a daily basis. This is why Mumbai Suburban Railways operates over 2,300 train services every single day.Local trains carry a whooping 8 million people everyday from it employees to dabbawalas all use the local trains for commuting.Most people use local train because it saves time and for mumbaikrs time is everything they cannot waste time waiting in traffic so most people prefer the local trains which are easy and convenient to travel and the railway lines spans 450 kms which makes the city well connected.

Mumbai’s local trains rarely stop functioning and they do not get much of a rest. Each night the railway lines will only fall silent for a brief interval of one and a half hour, between 2:05 am, when the last train pulls into Borivali, and 4:15 am, when the first trains sets out from Churchgate. On the Central line too, the last train reaches Karjat at 2:45 am, while the first train leaves from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 4:12 am. 

In conclusion, Mumbai locals are rightly called the lifeline of the city, with almost all of the city’s inhabitants relying on them to get to work or other destinations at some point of time. Many of them rely on these services on a daily basis. This is why Mumbai Suburban Railways operates over 2,300 train services every single day and it is used by both rich and poor,men and women,older and younger and the best part is they don’t fall silent.

BY-vijay naraharisetty
class xi lily

 

A lunch box delivery man - Dabbawala

                    A lunch box delivery man- Dabbawala

Who is not fond of home cooked food? and this 125 year old tradition of the dabbawalas of Mumbai help the office workers to have an appetizing meal amid their lunch time.

This tradition is unique as well as interesting.It started way back in the seventeenth century with 100 men and today has approx.5000 men delivering around 2,00,000 lunch boxes.These  dabbawalas do not use any Hi-Tech management strategies its just a legacy they are following since a a century.

The process starts in the morning at 10:30am when all the dabbawalas have finished collecting 30-40 dabbas (lunch boxes) from their assigned area on their bicycles after fighting the busy roads of the city. Then all the dabbawalas gather at the local railway station.The dabbas are then categorized according to their routes and then they are taken to their destinations.Error rate here is 0.0001%.At 1:00pm the dabbas are delivered at their destinations everyday without being late.Half of the task is completed then. All the empty dabbas are collected and delivered back at their homes before 6:00pm.

While going through the official website of the Mumbai dabbawalas I came to know a lot more than what I was aware of, this process of transporting these dabbas that it changes hands about 3-4 times or even 6 times.

This is an extraordinary tradition which is carried out across Mumbai, with fresh home cooked food these dabbawalas deliver love and affection of every housewife to their loved one with lots of dedication and hard work.

Its wonderful to know about a different task carried out by different people in a different way. 

 

Akshada Mundhe

XII lily

PRESSURES AND HELLS OF MODERN TEENAGE LIFE

As a teenager we have to deal with too many emotional highs and lows. We discover the most intense situations of our life like Peer pressure, added responsibilities,low self esteem, heartbreak, anxiety,our 'CARING AND LOVING' family/relatives' huge expectations....and the biggest problem out of all this is.......guess!

THE SPLIT PERSONALITY DISORDER At one moment we are all nice and kind,but the very next moment.....


All these things make life more difficult... Infact, No period of our life comes close to being as difficult as our teenage years.


Actually we teenagers are some where in between a kid where we want to cuddle and an adult full of responsibilities on their shoulders,actually teenage is when people expect you to behave like mature adults and yet you are not given considerable freedom.


But when we go through all this we learn to take our own decisions, we develop the ability to think abstractly and we change for good.....we come out as better individuals to face the real world where we actually belong....

Traffic congestion in Mumbai

Traffic in Mumbai is a common sight. This is due to increase in population, no strict policing, poor quality of roads etc. People in this city spend most of their time travelling. The problem is at its peak during monsoon when water logging and bad road conditions add more to the dilemma.

Aditi Ghadia
XII Tulip