South Bombay still exists...

Amidst my work shift, I caught myself scrolling through instaposts of South Bombay. I know that it should be Mumbai and not Bombay. I was born in Bombay but didn't live there. Grew up everywhere else in the country.

As I scrolled further down, I couln't help but imagine what my life would have been like if I never left Bombay. How different my lifestyle would have been...But don't get me wrong, my current lifestyle isn't bad. It's well it's fine.

I worked for a major company about a decade ago and did not get the time to truly appreciate the city. Busy grinding, going from paycheck to paycheck. Life was gruelling and tough. I used to look forward to crashing on the bed. I remember I used to dream that I was somewhere else.

All my life I knew I didn't really fit in anywhere in the country. Wherever I worked, people often asked where I was from. Maybe my mannerisms, my jokes, the way I spoke, my name or the way I looked, people always guessed wrong.

Do I really sound that different? Do I have an accent? I think I have an accent of someone who is from Bombay or Mumbai...Who knows? It's weird. I have not lived there for that long either. I have been told that I was from Canada, Phillipines, U.S, Mauritius and God knows where else.

By my looks, they might also guess from the southern part of the country. But last time I checked, Bombay does not come under the South. It is part of the West. I think. I dunno, my geography is bad just like my math. But who cares, right?

All I know is that a lot has changed in the city of dreams. Some people still call it Mumbai and well others still call it Bombay. I want to visit that place again, this time as a tourist. Revisit the old places with fresh eyes and a new perspective.

I prefer to call my birthplace, Bombay. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?