tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818941414705345410.post3513758818315259117..comments2023-10-14T17:04:58.966+05:30Comments on Rocky Road.: I love MumbaiRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795787884637157672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818941414705345410.post-31146369339817639112010-04-24T01:34:45.641+05:302010-04-24T01:34:45.641+05:30You're contradicting yourself so much that I&#...You're contradicting yourself so much that I'm royally confused... <br /><br />1. Everybody HAS to exude confidence if he/she calls himself a Mumbaikar and yet you say you don't like stereotyping. That IS stereotyping now ain't it?<br /><br />2. What you say about Mumbai is influenced a lot by the fact that you've barely spent time anywhere else. I grew up in the very "small" "town" of Trivandrum. And then later on in another "small" "town" ,Cochin. I could say this about Cochin for example: "Cochin is just the greatest city on the planet. People here can't call themselves Kochiites if they haven't had Shawarma from Marine beach or had an evening walk on the Marine drive and breathed in the infuriating stink of those open drains. (sigh) What an awesomest place it is!"<br /><br />3. Beer costs considerably less in Kerala. Supposing some kid knocks on my window after I spend 150 bucks on that beer from Velocity, my reaction will in no way be different from anybody else's. I'm not gonna give that kid money either, coz personally, I think giving money to a begging child is endorsing their misery. <br /><br />Now, I think the reason behind why you wrote this part was to indirectly say that people from elsewhere will be bullied by their emotional turmoil into giving that kid money. And now, we're back to stereotyping aren't we?<br /><br />To sum up, I think intelligent people should look up and over things as insignificant as domestic boundaries. Why does it matter if one is a Mumbaikar or a Kochiite? The very fact that somebody decides to write a post based on regionalistic values is an insult to the spirit of humanity!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871165731444581191noreply@blogger.com