Mumbai ( Bombay ) Reviews

Mumbai derives its name from Mumba Devi a local diety worshipped by the Maratha fisher folk of the region. Mumba Devi is the goddess of sea and according to folklores she blessed the region and took care of the Fisherman community. When India was under the British rule the name Mumbai got slightly changed , as they were unable to ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this review on the cause of Mumbai terrorist attacks that is being carried out right at this time. It may not match the review name which is 'Mumbai' but it is more to do with the recent attack on the city. Mumbai is the financial capital of India, one of the most busy cities and strategically important to trade via its ...  Read the complete review

My parents never really enjoyed staying in Mumbai, it was too loud and over-crowded for them. However I loved every second of being there. There was always so much going on that you never seem to get bored. And if you ever felt you needed a change of environment, you could easily jump into the many taxi's roaming about and ask the ...  Read the complete review

I used to think Bangkok was the most diverse city I had lived in. Then I visited Mumbai. I came. I saw. I fell in love. Nowhere else I have visited has quite the range that this vast melting pot of a city displays. Where else have I seen wealth and poverty, glamour and dirt, and joy and misery mix in such a blend? You can get in a ...  Read the complete review

Mumbai (Formerly Know as Bombay) is my Home Town. I grew up in this lively city. Its the capital of Maharashtra a state in India. Its one of the most populated metropolitan city in the world. It is is the commercial and entertainment center of India. It is one of the world's top ten centers of Commerce. we also call it Ammchi Mumbai in ...  Read the complete review

Well in 2005, I went on a 6 week trip to India and Dubai, it was during the summer holidays and my cousin was getting married there so I figured why not go and see the wedding and say hello to my grand mum who I hadn't seen for about 10 years. I visited quite a few different cities in India, but this particular review is about my time in Mumbai or ...  Read the complete review

MUMBAI THE MOUTH OF INDIA I came to know about Bombay(Mumbai) when I first started playing Monopoly, the game my board had Kalabadevi, Santacruz, Marine Drive, Chowpaty, Victoria Terminal etc., I was familiar with these names because all during summer vacations, I used to spend days purchasing sites and erecting houses and demanding rents ...  Read the complete review

“Bombay Meri Jaan” – This line is from a Hindi Song. Meaning - “Bombay my Love”. People who live in Bombay are crazy about their city. Want to know the reasons? 1. The commercial capital of India so people come here to make money. That’s the main reason of migrated population. There are several ways to ...  Read the complete review

Bombay airport meant oven-heat, a push through the ragged crowds, and a drive by battered taxi, past endless slums, to a room in a tall block of flats, near Vile Parle. The room was full of giant cockroaches but there was air-conditioning. Going out for a meal I passed a heavily-pregnant woman living under a plastic sheet on the ...  Read the complete review

“City of dreams” A lonely man in his dhoti, got down out of the train and looked around the station and he sees only people all around, its around 11.30pm in the night and is amazed at the number of people around. He comes out of the station and he gets to see the busy traffic and busy office goer’s, teenage guys, ...  Read the complete review

Bombay was awesome! I've just got back and England feels like the North pole now! I mean, India has everything that England doesn't: cheap goods, good food and of course, great weather (although it was monsoon season when I went). The people were also very friendly, although I know little Hindi, I still managed to get on OK, as many of the ...  Read the complete review

After a 15 hour night bus trip we made it to Delhi through a massive storm and a flat tire. [To this day, I'll never understand how the laws of physics allowed it to rain INSIDE the bus.] We stayed in Delhi only long enough to plan our escape (Delhi is everything people don't like about India). This involved booking ...  Read the complete review

The Portugese found this natural harbour in the west coast of India so enchanting, they called it 'Bom Behia' (beautiful bay) thus it got its name: Bombay. Indians, anxious to shake off the colonial past and memories of foreign occupation, have renamed it Mumbai. somehow I prefer Bombay (but then I am an Indian living in England!). ...  Read the complete review