Big city, bright lights.

The city that never sleeps,

The city of Scars and Dreams,

Rapes & Craters,

Anger & Indifference,

26/11 and 13/7,

Footpaths & Signals,

Grief & Ghosts,

The Gateway & The Causeway,

Bollywood & Consumerism,

Razzle Dazzle & Disillusion,

Hawkers & Chaat,

Blasts & Floods,

The shiny sheens & The murky underbellies,

Town & The 'burbs,

Glamour & Dirt,

Love & Hate,

Opportunities & Dejection,

Cheap Chinese & Expensive Italian,

Construction & Con-men,

Resilience & Hunger,

Pretty Girls & Fake Accents,

Demolition & Progress,

British Architecture & Chaos,

Parties & Pedophiles,

Chor & Police,

Love-birds & Monsters,

Marine Drive &  Aqsa Beach,

Groping & BEST,

Local Trains & Perverts,

Mushrooming shanties & Soaring buildings,

Rickshaws & Cabs,

An unbroken spirit & Defeated citizens,

The High Class & The Working Class,

Cuffe Parade & Nallasopara,

Juhu & Wadala,

The Sea Link & Dharavi.

And Bandra.

And the Rains.

And oh yes, the Sea.

You are in Bombay.

Welcome aboard.