first steps in mumbai

well, this is a bit old experience of mine.........that of when i came to the dreamland of Mumbai 4 the first time................
I came alone to attend the interview of ITM and reached mumbai CST on morning 4.00a.m of 23rdfebruary,2008.......
i stepped out of the train got a local ticket and boarded the first local to vashi..................at 4.40 in the morning i expected to see a vacant local train............................

but to my utter surprise i found the local getting jampacked befor it left CST..............people were literally drooling but yet had started out on their day's journey not knowing when they will get back to their safe fold of their homes.................

Then i really felt that CITI (Mumbai)never Sleeps........coming from a tier II,sleepy city like Bhubaneswar i had never seen life before 6a.m.........................................

Then at that moment during the local journey from CST to Vashi(where my relative was staying) i decided that this is the city that has promises and i need to mould my career here and see the rigours of life.............because it is truly said that raw gold becomes pure when it is exposed to fire.........

and today after spending almost a year at ITM, i have seen mumbai and its life from close quarters and learnt that Darwin's rule Of "SURVIVAL OF FITTEST" applies for every body in this cutthroat competitive world...............