Mumbai Facts

The city of dreams, the city that never sleeps; this is a city of numerous tag lines. But the most apt is probably Mumbai-the commercial capital of India. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Mumbai has a certain natural charm that attracts visitors from India and abroad. Yet another reason that makes Mumbai what it is, is the Bollywood (India's answer to Hollywood) factor. The largest film producing city in the world, Mumbai generates a lot of business and job opportunities for those who have the talent! But most importantly, Mumbai is India's "money-spinning zone". Founded as a trading post, it focuses on the business of making wealth. It plays an extremely significant role in the country's...

...manages to cram so many extremes into one city it's no wonder that it leaves most visitors exhilarated and entranced. Tower blocks spring up and the newest mall beckons a new crowd. Yet in this fast-growing city, some things never change, such as the gothic spires and gargoyles covering the immense UNESCO-protected Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and Sunday evenings on Chowpatty Beach where families flock to snack on pani puri on the sands.

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Mumbai's colonial past is never far away. Locals fill the Azad and Oval maidans with a jumble of cricket games, dreaming of being like Sachin Tendulkar. Up in the wood-paneled David Sassoon Library, over 150 years old, you can see students and...