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Mumbai’s first underground metro, Line 3 or the Aqua Line opened with a route from Aarey to BKC. I took a joyride to see my city change.

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In the 1990s, a word called GOD changed the map of Mumbai and rewrote its story. This is the tale of my city after the Ramjanambhoomi Babri Masjid issue.

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I survived the Mumbai floods of 2005. Or did I? I came through a different person even as the city stayed the same.

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Mumbai says welcome in many languages. There's one place where you can taste them all. Vileparle says welcome home.

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I grew up in a big, bad metro city. I grew up in one of its oldest villages. The Marol of my past was another world.

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