Mumbai Is Hard, Until It’s Not
Posted on January 6, 2010, by Hanna Ingber Win, under India, International, travel.
In addition to writing for GlobalPost, I will be blogging for True/Slant from India. Here is my first piece. It’s on what it’s like to live in Mumbai.
When you move to a new city, people constantly ask you what you think of it. You need a line, a quick response that works for both locals and foreigners that can be communicated in person or via twitter. It should honestly encapsulate how you feel but not terribly offend those who call this foreign land “home.”
When I lived in Burma, one of the world’s least developed and most repressive countries, my line was, “Life is fascinating.” My comment quickly conveyed that various aspects of living under a military dictatorship were a bit shocking, without making a political statement that, depending on whom I was speaking to, could be problematic.
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