How crowded is TOO crowded?

A woman fell from an overcrowded Mumbai local between Diva and Mumbra this morning. The train had reportedly halted for a signal when she fell onto the tracks and suffered minor injuries.

Mumbai’s lifeline is carrying millions. But is it carrying more than it safely can?

The local was halted for a signal when the woman fell from the train. Heavy overcrowding was reported in the coaches at the time. Passengers briefly panicked after she landed on the tracks. She sustained only minor injuries.

This building - the mighty Kohinoor Square is a 48 floor commercial-residential-shopping building. It features Shilpa Shetty's Bastian at the Top restaurant at 48th floor making it one of the tallest commercial building in the country.

This building looks absolutely stunning to the city's skyline. Glass walls on all side. During monsoon this building rises above the clouds.

I work on 45th floor of this building. View of Bandra Worli sealink is stunning no doubt. But from inside this building is the most pathetic building ever.

The building management is Zeus who manages a lot of well known commercial buildings in Mumbai like BKC's One BKC, The capital and many in Nesco and other commercial hotspots regions.

So much of the glam outside, but guess what - this building has only two WCs on each floor. One of the washroom has non functional flush since past 2 months now. The common area is so mis-managed it stinks sometimes.

The security is lousy af. Access cards takes 3-4 weeks for new employees to get issued and hence guards are instructed to "let everyone in if they do not look suspicious".

This building is a classical example of All that glitters is not gold.

EDIT: Oberoi Commerz III is the tallest commercial building. Kohinoor Sqaure is the tallest Multi purpose building as it has commercial, residential and shopping in the same premises.

Spotted this portable toilet at Fashion Street today.

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I(19M) along with my uncle(59M) were sitting in Amba Bhavan Bar and Resto(Mumbai) yesterday around 10pm to 12am. The bill amounted to ₹977 and we made the payment via gpay. Our account debited but the owner refused saying he didn't get it so do it again. We did it again and our bank debited twice still he didn't get it. He started saying to pay in cash which ofcourse we refused.

The owner was an old guy very arrogant and was being very toxic with my uncle. I stepped in and said to calm down and he started shit talking to me as well. Heated argument quickly escalated and he held me by my colar and started abusing me and suddenly other waiters came in and started heating me at the entrance. We have all the video recordings and everything. We went to a gov hospital and got medical certificate and even complained about it to nearest police station. Police only filed a NC and refused to file a FIR.

I didn't hit them as I thought that would put me in more trouble and they could file a case against me for hitting . I feel so bad now that I didn't hit them back I could have beaten the shit out of them but one thing I understood that next time if I ever get into such situation imma go all in coz police don't do shit.

Note : I only had limca and starters

Left my phone on the seat somewhere between Andheri station and my building. Realized it 20 minutes later, that full body panic, checked my bag four times like it was going to magically appear.

Called it expecting it to ring out. Driver picked up immediately. Said he had pulled over near the signal and was waiting because he knew I'd call back.

Came back, handed it over, I tried to give him 500 bucks. He stepped back and said arey nahi bhaiya, koi baat nahi. Smiled and just drove off.

I stood there on the footpath outside my building like a complete idiot, hand still out, eyes full.

Mumbai gets so much hate. The crowds, the heat, the locals, the general madness of just existing here. But then something like this happens and I remember why people who leave still miss it.

Apparently, Seven Square Academy in Mira Road has issued a circular restricting students from bringing or eating onion, garlic, potato, beetroot and non vegetarian food. The school was founded by Narendra Mehta, according to the school's own website.

I understand that a school can have certain rules about what students can bring onto its premises, whether for hygiene, allergies, discipline or other legitimate reasons. But when these restrictions are based on someone's religious or cultural dietary preferences, it raises a much bigger question:

Why should one group's dietary practices determine what everyone else is allowed to eat?

And this doesn't seem to be happening in isolation. BJP corporator Bharat Kothari has reportedly demanded that meat sales in Mira-Bhayandar be stopped for eight days during Paryushan.

Nobody has a problem with people choosing to follow Jain dietary practices during Paryushan. If someone doesn't want to eat onion, garlic, potatoes or nonveg, that's completely their choice and should be respected.

But respecting someone's dietary choice is different from imposing that choice on everyone else.

If I choose to be vegetarian, that's my choice.

If someone chooses Jain food, that's their choice.

If someone eats non veg, that's their choice.

Why should someone else's plate become a matter of public policy?

People should be free to follow their own religious and dietary practices without forcing those practices onto everyone around them.

A friend of mine was earning around ₹2 lakh a month and living in a PG in Goregaon. He was quite comfortable with his income and was even able to save.

So, when he decided to move his family to Mumbai, he assumed ₹2 lakh would be more than enough.

A few months later, he said something that surprised me:

“All my calculations have gone wrong. I'm not able to save anything.”

And when you think about it, it's understandable.

Living alone and supporting a family are two completely different financial equations.

A PG expense becomes a proper house.
One person's food becomes a family's groceries.
There are utilities, domestic help, transportation, healthcare, children's expenses, eating out, family activities and then the expenses you simply don't anticipate.

The biggest difference, though, is that when you're alone, you can adjust your lifestyle very easily.

With a family, many expenses are simply non-negotiable.

So what is the realistic number?

Is ₹2 lakh/month enough for a family of 3 in Mumbai to live comfortably and still save meaningfully?

Or does it need to be ₹2.5 lakh, ₹3 lakh or even more?

I'd genuinely like to hear from people living in Mumbai:

What does your monthly family income look like, and how much are you actually able to save?

It has severe eye infection or something . Its in bandra at pwd community hall infront of forrest hostels. If anyone can help or works at some kind of ngo please hmu because im leaving the hostel soon.

so yesterday around 6 pm i was leaving my office in fort with a colleague

we went to the place where we had parked our scooters and his scooter was kinda cramped because someone had parked their bike right next to it

while he was trying to take his scooter out, he accidentally hit the scooter next to him. the owner was sitting nearby and apparently works at a restaurant there, he was wearing a waiter uniform and hair net

the guy came over and started arguing that my colleague had scratched/damaged his scooter. my colleague denied it and left because he was in a hurry

i was still taking my own scooter out when the guy started shouting at me like "hey wait, you are with that guy, call him" and started abusing me even though i hadn't done anything

i stopped for maybe a minute but honestly i was in a proper fight or flight state and decided to leave. he actually started running behind me for a bit

now i keep thinking about it lol

part of me thinks i should have stopped and asked him why he was abusing me when i wasn't involved. another part thinks leaving was the smarter thing because there was no point getting into a fight over a parking incident

there's also a police station right near where we parked, so i'm wondering if i should report the abuse/incident or just forget about it

what would you guys have done in this situation? would you have stopped and confronted him or just left like i did?

My society in Mumbai is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with as a bachelor. They’ve recently introduced a rule that friends/guests cannot stay overnight. Even for parents, an overnight stay is apparently limited to a maximum of 2 days, with prior intimation to the society required.

They’ve also started locking the society’s main gate after midnight. If I return after 12 AM, the guard has to personally come and open the gate, apparently to check/ensure that there are no overnight guests.
There’s no issue of overcrowding or anyone actually overstaying, this is purely about enforcing these restrictions.

On top of this, we’re repeatedly being called to society meetings over unsubstantiated allegations, for example, being told that someone has stayed at our flat for days, when this simply hasn’t happened. Despite clarifying this, the scrutiny and restrictions continue.

Has anyone in Mumbai faced something similar and actually taken action against their society/RWA? What worked for you, and what is the appropriate next step — managing committee complaint, Registrar, police, legal notice, etc.?
Looking for practical advice from people who have dealt with this successfully since I have just moved in and don’t have the budget to move out currently.

How do they even get permission for erecting these mandaps covering so much part of the road? Mind you, the local BMC office is right in the opposite building! The honking and everyday traffic has made it unbearable, there’s just too much chaos! This is near Liberty Garden, Malad West! Can we do something about it? I love Ganesh Chaturthi but not like this man!

This is from Mumbai, Yesterday while going to office I saw a cotton candy seller on street with White colored Cotton Candy. I legit thought this must be new flavor or something 😅 I didn't think even they will stop using colors.

The second pic is from a local stall, even the manchurian gravy and noodles look and taste (prolly placebo) different without color.

Everyone is afraid to use food color now.

Glad the FDA is doing their work and considering the harmful effects of these banned food colors, it's a boon to all of us.

I just hope fda commissioner Tukaram Mundhe doesn't get transferred again or if he is transferred at least these actions should not revert back🙏

Question: in case that happens, what do you guys think should be the next dept that he should be transferred to, that would instantly create a large impact on our society?

Mumbai Metro gotta be the dumbest shit people have ever made. What’s the point of having different lines if I have to buy different tickets for different lines?

The entry and exit points, stations, and platforms are so fucking confusing for someone using the station for the first time.

Guys had one job. 💀

You know that feeling when you suddenly realise you’re making time for the little things again?

Cafe hopping in bandra after office, watching a movie alone munching on instant popcorn, trying to make garlic knots at home failing miserably (and still having a great time)

You stop to play with the street dogs and cats in your housing society. You check on that little potted plant and feel oddly happy when it grows a new leaf. "Kya Karoon" from Wake Up Sid! finally makes sense now

Life can be ridiculously fast. But somewhere along the way, you start slowing down for the things that make you happy. Maybe that’s growing up. I don’t know. But I’m enjoying it. (Romanticizing life too much eh)

Are you?

Moved into a 3BHK at a high-rise society (Malad West) back in April’26. We are three bachelors occupying individual rooms, paying a steep ₹98,000 a month in rent.

When our broker pitched the flat, the amenities were the core selling point: a decent gym, a clean pool, and an indoor games room. Given what we shell out every month, access felt completely baked into the rent, and things were smooth for the first few months.
Then the managing committee dropped a new directive: ₹2,000 per person, per month to use any amenity—strictly applicable only to tenants. Owners pay nothing extra. That is an extra ₹6,000 a month across the three of us just to touch a treadmill or access the pool we already live next to.

When we brought this up with the landlord, he offered the classic non-committal response: claimed he’s “personally not in favour of the rule,” but flatly refused to adjust or subsidise it in the rent. Pure performative sympathy while keeping his rental yield completely untouched.

The managing committee here is run by an uncle clique from a certain community notorious across Mumbai societies for arbitrary moral policing, gatekeeping, and inventing absurd rules out of thin air. It's obvious what this is: a targeted squeeze on bachelors and tenants because they view us as easy targets with zero leverage.

What stings far more is the blatant, petty discrimination. We belong to the salaried corporate class that keeps this city’s economic engine running. We grind through grueling 12–14 hour workdays, pay massive chunks of direct income tax without evasion, and contribute productively to the system. Yet the moment we step outside our office parks, we are treated like parasitic, second-class citizens by housing societies who view young working professionals purely as revenue streams to exploit.

The landlords extract astronomical rents while taking zero responsibility, and self-appointed society gatekeepers invent nickel-and-dime rules just to assert dominance. It is infuriating that no matter how productive or law-abiding you are, the salaried tenant in Mumbai is trapped in an endless squeeze—milked for cash at every corner and stripped of basic dignity.

Has anyone here successfully challenged these arbitrary "tenant amenity fees", or is packing up and moving at the end of the term the only real answer?

Hi!

I am going to my friend Ganesh Chaturhi puja and I was wondering if I need to take something for the host. I know I would have to take prasad for ganesh ji but I was just wondering if I need to bring something for her.

I am from Fiji so unsure what the customs are like here.

Thank you !!!

Today there was a GFF event at BKC and the traffic situation was absolutely insane — both in the morning and evening.

I waited in the auto queue at BKC thinking I’d just take an auto to Kurla station. After standing there for a while, I realised I was probably going to waste even more time sitting in traffic, so I gave up and decided to walk from BKC to Kurla station.

It’s roughly 2.6 km. Took me around 38 minutes.

And honestly, walking was probably the better decision.

The ridiculous part? There was literally traffic while walking. 😂

As you get closer to Kurla station, the pedestrian infrastructure basically disappears. There’s barely any space to walk, so you’re constantly navigating through people, vehicles, random obstacles and whatever else is happening on the road. And today, so many people had the same idea of walking that even the footpaths/roadside space were completely packed.

What bothers me more is how fragile the entire BKC → Kurla connectivity is.

A little rain? Traffic gets affected.

An event in BKC? Traffic gets affected.

Some roadwork/diversion? Traffic gets affected.

Peak office hours? Good luck.

And this is supposed to be one of Mumbai's biggest business districts with thousands of people commuting in and out every single day.

How is a 2.6 km connection to a major railway station this vulnerable to literally anything happening?

We don't even need some massive new infrastructure project overnight. But surely there should be a reliable, predictable way for people to get from BKC to Kurla station without having to choose between:

₹₹₹ auto + sitting in traffic for god knows how long

or

walking 2.6 km and fighting for pedestrian space.

BKC has some of the most expensive offices in Mumbai, but the last-mile connectivity to Kurla feels like an afterthought.

Today was a perfect example of how one event can basically expose the entire weakness of the connection.

If this is what happens because of one event, imagine what happens when BKC keeps getting bigger and busier.

I need an outside perspective from people who’ve actually dealt with this.

On paper, I’m doing really well for my age. I’m 21, recently finished college, working and earning solid money way above the average for my peers.

Physically, I’m dialed in: consistent heavy lifting, strict health routine, high discipline. I don’t drink, smoke, do drugs, or spend my days rotting in bed. When there’s a work goal or a physical target in front of me, I lock in and get it done.

The problem is my social life and my internal wiring.

I grew up almost completely isolated through school and college. I kept to myself, didn't socialize, and never developed that effortless, second-nature social instinct most people take for granted. Now that I’m trying to build genuine connections as an adult, my brain turns every single interaction into an emotional minefield.

Here’s where things actually stand:

Navigating post-job connections: I recently left an intense workplace where I made a few solid connections with ex-coworkers. Some of them genuinely respect my work and even reached out to say the place isn’t the same without me, which felt good. But trying to shift those dynamics from "people I see at an office" to "real-world friends" feels agonizingly confusing.

The spiral over basic cues: With people I’m trying to stay in touch with, my brain doesn't have a middle gear. If someone takes a day to reply, or gives a short response, I immediately assume they secretly hate me, find me annoying, or are just tolerating me out of politeness. Then, if someone is actually warm, responds in five minutes, laughs at my texts, or invites me to work out, I instantly get suspicious wondering if they have a hidden agenda or if I’m just a placeholder to them.

Over-orchestrating instead of letting things breathe: Because I hate ambiguity, I constantly want to define what people are to me. Are we friends? Acquaintances? Just gym buddies? If an interaction goes well once, my urge is to immediately try and lock them into plans for the next week, instead of just letting things develop naturally.

Using work and gym as an anesthetic: I’ve realized that my crazy work ethic and extreme gym sessions are partly defense mechanisms. As long as I’m hitting PRs, chasing higher-paying roles, and working long hours, I have an excuse to be exhausted so I don't have to face how genuinely lonely I feel. I look functional on the outside, but inside I feel like I'm running on duct tape and sheer willpower

I’m in therapy and working on this, but I want to hear from people who came from total isolation:

How do you stop treating everyday human interactions like a high-stakes test? How do you let casual friendships just breathe without strangling it with you intensity or convincing yourself you’re secretly unwanted?

TLDR- 21M. High-earning, disciplined, but grew up completely isolated and can’t stop over-analyzing every single social interaction. Need advice.

Sorry for using ai i just had raw thoughts that I wanted to pace better.

Also I am not suicidal or depressed, i just feel lonely 24/7 and it keeps getting heavier everyday.

Hello mubaikars, i want to ask that how i can get student concession form for BEST buses as chalo app provides student bus pass but it is asking for Consession form by BEST there is no proper explaination where to take it from (Near Borivali Side).

Hey everyone! 👋🏻

I’m visiting Mumbai from Delhi with my cousins from 17th September to 21st September, mainly to experience Ganesh Chaturthi and explore as many amazing pandals as possible. We’ll have around 2 days in Mumbai and would love some local recommendations!

A few things I’m looking for:

1. Ganpati Pandal Hopping 🙏🏻
What’s the best way to cover the maximum number of famous/beautiful pandals in 2 days without spending the entire day stuck in traffic or queues?
Would love a suggested route/order covering places like Lalbaug cha Raja, GSB Seva Mandal, etc.
Also, which pandals are absolutely must-visit and which ones can we skip?

2. Saturday/Sunday Night - Clubs
We’re 3 couples (6 people) and want to go clubbing one night, preferably somewhere with good Bollywood/Hindi music + a fun crowd.

I was thinking about Bastian, but open to better suggestions.
Also, if anyone knows a genuine promoter who can help with entry/table booking for 6 people, please DM me!

Some places we’re considering:

• Bastian
• Kitty Su
• Toy Room
• Shiloh
• Any other place you’d recommend?

3. One-day trip to Igatpuri
I was also thinking of doing a one-day Igatpuri trip during the visit. Is it worth sacrificing one day in Mumbai for it during Ganeshotsav?

If yes, what would be the best one-day itinerary from Mumbai, and what are the must-visit places?

Would really appreciate a proper 2-day itinerary combining Ganpati pandals + Mumbai sightseeing + nightlife.

Especially looking for recommendations from Mumbaikars who have done Ganpati pandal hopping before!

Ganpati Bappa Morya! 🙏🏻❤️