What is it like living in Mumbai?

Mumbai is a city which is safer than other cities in the country. There is a different vibe to the city at night and it is safe for a woman to venture out at wee hours as the city rightly never sleeps. Public transport like local trains, buses, auto rickshaws, and taxis are available at night.

Why Mumbai is so fast?

The rapid population growth is attributed to migration from other regions in the country, with migrants seeking business and employment opportunities. The population of Mumbai has more than doubled since 1991, when the census showed that there were 9.9 million people living in the area.

How is Mumbai as a city?

As the city that never sleeps and famous for its high-end malls and lucrative streets. Mumbai is also the second most populous city in India with a population of 19.98million. Moreover, it lies on the Konkan coast, which is on the west coast of India, with its very own natural harbour.

Why do so many people move to Mumbai?

Mumbai has seen its fertility rate drop from 4 in 1975 to 1.8 in 2015. This success is largely due to improved education and increased availability of contraception. Each year thousands of people move to the city of Mumbai from rural areas. People move to Mumbai because the city has lots of pull factors.

What happened to Mumbai’s fishers?

It’s a fishy business In many ways, this island city was built by the fisher folks that originally inhabited the clusters of land we now call Mumbai. But owing to the “developments” of the last few years, they have dwindled to a small scattered community, that is fighting for its existence.

What happened to Mumbai’s old textile mills?

Old mills of Mumbai Once a prime livelihood of the city’s populace, the many mills of Mumbai had been lying defunct across its geography since the great Bombay textile strikes of the 1980’s. Until the big companies arrived in 1992 and renovated these landmark ghosttown structures to accommodate the ever dynamic commercial lifestyle of the city.

Why is it called Bollywood or Bombay?

Later as it changed hands to the British empire, they started to call it Bombay, a name that eventually became a brand in itself, associated with progressive urbanisation, cultural extremisms, a secular and cosmopolitan environment and, of course, Bollywood!