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This evening I am in mumbai because my daughter is appearing for law entrance exam tomorrow being conducted by one bangalore based university. She is putting all out efforts to get admission in some good law university. Hope she would be able to get . Kids plan out a lot for shaping career, do lot of hard work in study and pass through lot of hurdles and challenges. Huge efforts are put in by the students to get admission in any good stream and college. But that is not the end, in fact it is beginning of the whole new lot of challenges. Once they get admission in the college then the challenges would be towards getting good ranks and preparing various projects. Then challenges would be get desired placement and so on. Every day new challenges would come in their way and then they would think if this hurdle crossed, no challenge would be in place, but does it happens?
Mumbai is the land of opportunity with about 17 million people earning their livelihood . Every day hundreds of people come here , search the job and try to build career. I remember, the year 1985 (probably 1st July) when I first came to mumbai. I came here from jaipur by train named frontier mail, these days, I don't know what it is called. In those days I was waiting for CA result and when at about 6am landed at Borivali station, it was a feeling of achievement. Lot of local trains shunting, hand lorries from here and there, and suddenly many people jumping into the train. They were struggling to go inside the train even before it stopped. This kind of human behaviour was really amusing. Probably they would be thinking that getting seat is only challenge . Other side I was thinking if I get the job here, life would be smooth, though I got it but that was rather beginning of the challenges.
My relation with Mumbai is like flirting. I came here stayed for some time and went back. Came second time but again had to run back with bad health. Now since last 15 years , I am coming to this wonderful city very often but rarely stay in night. This city has given me a lot professionally and as is said about this city that it never keeps debt of any one. It repays back with much more sooner or later. I am highly obliged with this city.
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