Deceiving Development: A Harsh Truth
Here I go .. After ages motivating myself to write something. The other day I was going to South Mumbai taking the Harbor Line. As the train started chugging through the harbor suburbs, we entered a series of stations which depicted a very sad face of this city. The train passed through some interior parts crossing slum areas. I probably can't put it in words the condition of people living in these areas. It was horrible to say the least. The chals in those places looked so weird, whose facade were extremely opposite to the skyscrapers this city is known for. There were garbage dumps all over the place and drains with stagnated water. There were vegetable shops, tea stalls between two track lines. I was wondering how can people live in such a filthy place. But then thought, this is one of the crude faces of life and this city which is termed as the Financial Capital of this Country. Why blame only this city when there are several such cities in this country...