Commute to Work

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Mumbai is a said financial capital of India. It's huge and equally so the count of humans deriving their livelihood from the city. People migrate here with a dream to earn and live a better life. There are labourers, there are street vendors, and then there are corporate employees. We already understand how the rents play out in the city. At the rich cores, not everyone can afford a house. So we travel. 

The other day my aunt back home was telling me how my uncle work hard and travel for 10 kilometers to his work. In Mumbai, it's peanut. I have a friend who travel 4 hours everyday to & fro office to home. Ask him, and he will swiftly tell us his routine. It's not even a big deal to him. He is habituated. He has a fix time schedule to wake up and get busy in the day. If he misses one local train, he has to calculate how much time he is gonna wait further to reach the office. 

We all know people who are not so much a fan of the place for its on-the-run mode. They dont ever want to come here, not even for a casual visit... They are happy in the slow peace-giving life of the towns back home. 

It's the month of July. It's the month when it rains the most. At times, rain doesn't stop a bit for as long as 3-4 days. We see in the news of the clogged rain-jammed, knee-deep water filled roads. People still travel. People still make to the offices and punch their attendance in time. It's true to say that city never sleeps... 

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