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Metropolis now

‘Why do people still live in Mumbai?” asks Suketu Mehta at one point in Living In The Endless City.

“Every day is an assault on one’s senses; from the moment you get up, the transport you take to go to work, to the offices you work in, to the forms of entertainment you are subjected to. The exhaust fumes are so thick the air boils like soup.