Comments on: Bombay: Rude City

By: Loy Bond

Loy Bond — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:43:01 +0000

Indian ppl are full of pride (for no apparent reason) and thats what’s masking your ability to see that Mumbai IS a rude city. Its not being compared to other Indian cities, so why are you guys comparing to other Indian cities? Its a global comparison, so your opinion that you need to be familiar with the culture first is negated. Asian people ARE rude, and Indians even more. Why not just accept it and try to improve on it, rather than try to deny it? Are you guys ACTUALLY saying that Mumbai people are as courteous as Toronto ppl? Gimme a break.

By: Sahil Karkhanis

Sahil Karkhanis — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:44:49 +0000

I’m surprised no one’s brought up the one issue that’s more important than anything else- context..! Holding a door open for people, returning a newspaper someone dropped and expecting a thank you from the person behind the counter when you purchase your groceries… These seem to me very American concepts of politeness…

Rude/ polite is always culture and context specific (as the HSBC ads like to remind us time and again). Maybe if they’d factored that into the tests I’d have taken them a little more seriously…

I’ve lived in Bombay. I love Bombay. And I’ve never thought of it as unfriendly. But that’s besides the point. Bombay may be the rudest city in the world (as an outside, off-chance) but this test certainly doesn’t have the credibility to say so, methinks…

Cheers.

By: KDS

KDS — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:35:58 +0000

Our standards of politeness and their’s (meaning the rest of the world) are very different. SO are our definitions. Why should we take into consideration the ranking of a set of people who are not correctly and precisely aware of our culture??
I was a short term visitor to mumbai and was impressed thoroughly by the warm attitude. And thts what counts. Go Mumbai! I’ll second it.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:34:25 +0000

as a guy who has moved from bangalore into mumbai, 6 year back, i do not belive mumbai is rude…everyone has their bad days.

guess where i have come across the most helpful set of people? mumbai….

go mumbai…you are great.

By: Desi

Desi — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:39:32 +0000

I mean..a firangi

By: DESI

DESI — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:37:54 +0000

Arzan : Mumbai might have topped NewYork, had the tests been conducted by a gori chikni !

Why are we so indifferent to our fellow country men ?

By: arZan

arZan — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:40:41 +0000

Mitesh

You bring out a very valid point about the whole basis of the test being judged on western morals and standards of society. However that does not excuse the fact that we fared so badly.

Desi

I think Mitesh has a valid point. About the thank you part, you are right. Everytime i say thanks to a cabbie, or autowallah, they are surprised and sometimes a bit taken aback !

By: arZan

arZan — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:36:58 +0000

Akshay

Thanks for the pointer to an interesting discussion.

Sloganmurugan

I completely agree with u.

Dr.Ilyas
If you notice, I have labelled the post as “…Rude City..”
The Times of India in its usual sensationalism labelled it the “Rudest” city without clarifying that it was the rudest of the 36 surveyed.

Come to think of it, no other Indian city was even considered. Therefore to call Bombay the rudest, as you have in your comment is not accurate.

By: Dr.Ilyas

Dr.Ilyas — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:17:12 +0000

Being Indian I feel sad,to know one of our famous city is voted as rudest city in the world,bit no surprise,,as an Indian when i visit India rudest shock and unpolite well for me starts from air port coustom officers and than taxi drivers, ,,leave about hwaker and other elements,, some time police protected goons,,,only thing that of recntly noice which is disappearing is panprag’s holy in every nooks and corner,, it is time to analyse not to brow beating,,,

By: SloganMurugan

SloganMurugan — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:47:21 +0000

As a Bangalorean who now lives in Mumbai, I think that Mumbai is the friendliest place I have been to in India.