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The Only Indian City Where Life Has Improved

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As far as I know, there is only one Indian city where its residents say life has improved in the last five years.

The Only Indian City Where Life Has Improved Manu Joseph Dec 23, 2025 642 77 60 Share As far as I know, there is only one Indian city where its residents say life has improved in the last five years. That is South Mumbai, which is correctly pronounced ‘South Bombay’. For cultural accuracy and aesthetic reasons this column will call it ‘South Bombay’. People who don’t know Mumbai think that South Bombay is a southern tip of Mumbai. That is not the way to consider this place. It is a separate city; and it always was. Mumbai and Bombay are not related either through that foolish term “twin cities

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