A Quick Fix in Mumbai

Have I ever mentioned in any of my previous posts that Mumbai is my city of dreams? It's the city I came into at my most depressed time in life and it made me realize its own power. It's got this invisible feeling of opportunity and spirit that seems to hide just below the surface. Of everything. It's like a silent virus that takes you out of boredom, misery or both. At least it does for me. It's throbbing with hope. (I mean this in the least perverted manner)

Feel free to try any of the following Quick Fixes for a bad mood in Mumbai

1. fill your iPoD with Hindi music from the 90's (DDLJ, Saajan, Maine Pyar Kiya) and take an auto to Bandra.
2. At the SV Road flyover at the turn when you can just glimpse Lilavati Hospital and see the sea to your left - thats the moment you may realize ANYTHING is possible. Especially in this city.
3. Buy an ice cream and sit on Bandstand after 6 pm opposite Mannat.
   
4. Buy a kulfi and do the same.
5. Take a train to Grant Road and hire a cycle for Rs. 8 an hour and cycle along Marine Drive at 7:30 am on Sunday morning.
6. Talk to either of the following in Mumbai - your auto driver, the chai wallah, the guy selling vada pav on the road - and you will find a clean, free spirit
7. Go the Gateway of India and look either way - at the magnificence of the Taj or the endless humility of the sea. With a cup of hot noodles.
   

Thats it. If there's anything you've come across in Mumbai that cheers YOU up feel free to leave it in your comments.