I-Mumbai yiMegalopolis enkulu yaseIndiya, apho malunga nezigidi ezingama-20 abantu. Ezona zityebi zixabisekileyo zelizwe zihlala eMumbai. Kodwa, ukubetha apha, qaphela indlala yendalo iphela ezitratweni kunye nezinto ezinkulu eziphezulu kwi-Asia. Ngaphandle koku, umgangatho wokuphila esixekweni ubude kuneso nasiphi na esinye sedolophu yaseIndiya. Ngesi sizathu, abantu abaninzi beza apha, bekhangela "ubomi obugqibeleleyo. Phantsi, lawula ukuze uphume ebantwini. Zonke ezinye iindwendwe okanye zihlala kwizilayidi, okanye zihlala esitratweni. Fumana abahlali abanokuthi (bathengise ubucwebe, iibhaluni) okanye bacele izilo.
Enye yeyona ndawo iphambili yaseMumbai yihotele i-Taj Mahal. Kuzo zonke iincwadi ezikhokelayo eMumbai, ihotele idweliswa njengomtsalane wasekhaya. I-Taj Mahal ikhangeleka inobungozi kwaye pomposis ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yentlupheko ekhoyo. KwakuseTaj Mahal owokuqala umbane wokuqala.
Abahlali basekuhlaleni abahlala kwizilayidi abangenazi meko zokuphila. Kwezi mpahla Akukho mbane, kunye nokuqala kobumnyama, ubomi buye bukhululekile apha. Akukho zibhedlele, amanzi. Yonke indawo engalunganga. Kwiimeko ezinjalo, abantu basebenza, kwaye kwi-slarms kukho amashishini amaninzi amancinci abandakanyeka kwi-Globage. Abafazi bathatha inxaxheba kwiNdibano yePlasitiki kunye nokuhlelwa kwayo okulandelayo. Amadoda avuna imiphango yentsimbi kwaye wawasasaza ngesandla, athabatha amashiti. Inkunkuma ininzi kangangokuba abemi ngokwabo bayithathela ingqalelo lowona mthombo ophambili wengeniso.
Inani labemi baseMumbai, njenge-India, lahlulwe laba liklasi - i-caste. I-Indiya nganye iyakwazi ukuvela kwayo, kwaye kweyona nto iphambili. Ukwahlula ii-comps eziphezulu nezingaphantsi. Ke kukho i-caste yeenwele, iimbiza, iigepter, impahla njalo njalo.
Uloliwe eIndiya yenye yeendlela ezingakhuselekanga zokuhamba. Apha uhlala esiya kuqeqesha uloliwe, ngenxa yesithsaba kumaqonga axineneyo afe.
Ukuba useMumbai, qiniseka ukuba uza kutyelela isiqithi sendlovu, ukuya kwinqanawa. Iindlovu azifumanekanga kwesi siqithi, azikho apha. Abakhenkethi beza kubona iitempile zomqolomba, ezimalunga newaka leminyaka. Emnyango wemqolomba, i-Hindu elidumileyo ibonakala, kwaye uninzi lwe-Basfs lubekwe ngaphakathi emiqolombeni, ebonisa i-shiva.
Bonke abafazi baseIndiya baya eSuri. I-Sari-isiqwenga selaphu, esongelwe umzimba. Ngaphambi kokuqinisa kwi-sari, abafazi banxiba ibloyisi kunye nesiketi. Kwiimpahla ezinjalo, baya emsebenzini, ezantsi esitratweni nasekhaya. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuba iimpahla zasentshona (i-skirt ezimfutshane, i-jean njalo) zibangela ububi, kunye ne-sari-iimpahla eziphakamileyo, zenza oo-shosta-shosta-ntsapho. Kufanelekile ukwahlula imibala yesari. Umfazi otshatileyo uya kunxiba ebomvu kaSari ephethe igolide. Abafazi basandula ukuzala abafazi, kwaye abahlolokazi baya eSuri ngaphandle kwebhinqa.