Fall in love with the City of Dreams –experience Mumbai through an outsider’s eye.

How fast is too fast? If you ask the Mumbaikars, they’ll say there are no limits –you can always push harder and be better. And while this city is infamous for its pace and indifference, it is also the place that millions of people call home because it offers them peace.

Ramki (@ramkid), a twitter user, recently posted a thread of tweets describing things that you only experience in this Maximum City -and no he isn’t talking about the monuments or the mainstream tourist things. Ramki, being an outsider himself has observed little details that at first might seem bizarre but are actually quite soothing. Read on to get to know this city like you’ve never seen before.

It truly is the best of both worlds –you can be with your partner and have solitude as well.

Young dating couples (in most places), sit opposite each other at a table for four, hold hands, and look into each others eyes. In Bombay they slide into the same side, share earphones and watch a show, Thereby saving space, data, battery life, and time. +

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

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It’s a breath of fresh air to be in a place where people just don’t care how you live and what you’re doing.

They have no problem at all if another couple sits opposite them, doing the same thing. In fact, they may not even acknowledge them. That's the amazing thing about this city. Live and let live comes naturally to people here. +

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

Where else will you find your me time even with people sitting opposite you?

I looked at the waiter in protest. He asked me, very matter-of-factly, "Sambar?"
I looked around. There was no other vacant table. And the young couple were no bother really. And easy on the eye. So I said, "Nahin. Chutney." I was going to like this place. +

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

All the tiredness of the day wears off the second you sit at Marine Drive and look ahead at the golden sun setting. It feels as if for just a little while, your problems are setting down too.

Bombay minds its own business. Every evening, a young MT will stumble out of his office building, sit between a man wearing eye make-up and a woman wearing a power suit, and enjoy a stunning sunset. And he'll never want to leave this city again. (pic by Rohit Dubey). pic.twitter.com/a4dkBQy45a

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

You will see all the walks of life in one place, living as if the other is no different from them.

He will see a taxi driver from Bihar making a call to his wife after a long day on the road. And an old Parsi couple walking their labrador, discussing the concert they saw at NCPA. And two dudes from Haryana discussing how their auditions for the day went. +

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

It hardly ever is.

As I sit here, randomly reminiscing in this coffee shop, a long way in time and distance from Hotel Raj Mahal, where my privacy was first intruded, I realise why Bombay wasn't just a pit stop for me.

— Ramki (@ramkid) May 21, 2019

If you think this was absolutely beautiful and calming, people from all over the country shared their experience after reading this and it is equally heart warming. Check it out:

You will find people are kind here for no reason, which is very rare these days.

I once bought a bottle of chilled water at CST stall, finished half, told the shop keeper to keep it till I returned. I came back 4hrs later got my chilled half bottle back. No eye contact (busy guy), saw me, returned the bottle on asking matter of fact. Great way of life. ?

— Shiva (@ShivaKap) May 21, 2019

It still amazes me that this city still manages to welcome everyone that wants to build a home here.

moved to Bombay 10 years ago as a young lawyer, apprehensive how will i adjust in this huge city.. 1st day travel to office by local train made me realise how this city has something for everybody and you just need to reach out to get what you want.. loved every minute thereafter

— SOUMYA ସୌମ୍ୟ ମହାପାତ୍ର (@soumyamhapatra) May 21, 2019

Once you become a Mumbaikar, there’s no turning back.

I moved 28 years ago for study, loved the comfort, Bindas attitude, non judgemental people and the Pace. Experienced all what you mentioned, Never went back ❤️

— Chaukidar Anjana (@AnjanaPed) May 21, 2019

Being an outsider myself who has now made a home in this city, I can vouch for everything that has been written in these tweets. Mumbai might have hit me hard on budgets, but taught me lessons that makes me strong, everyday. This city has given me the freedom to be what I want to be, and helped me in believing that my dreams are not too far fetched. It truly is 'Sapno ki Nagri'.

It holds true when people say that, ‘Mumbai is a city; Bombay is an emotion’. It always will be Bom-bae after all.