Comments on: The City and State of Bombay http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/01/29/the-city-and-state-of-bombay/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:14:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pradeep http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/01/29/the-city-and-state-of-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 Pradeep Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:43:37 +0000 http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/01/29/the-city-and-state-of-bombay/#comment-1361 What so ever your comment is one sided. its Maharastrians rights to fight for their state non of others. If Dubai is built by Indians then what do you think Indian should claim Dubai? First think what you talking is bullshit !!!!! Pradeep Pawar Jai Maaharashtra What so ever your comment is one sided. its Maharastrians rights to fight for their state non of others. If Dubai is built by Indians then what do you think Indian should claim Dubai?

First think what you talking is bullshit !!!!!

Pradeep Pawar

Jai Maaharashtra

]]> By: IdeaSmith http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/01/29/the-city-and-state-of-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 IdeaSmith Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:45:33 +0000 http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/01/29/the-city-and-state-of-bombay/#comment-1360 I read that article as well, Arzan. I'm not so sure that becoming a seperate city-state would be a great idea. From what little I know, Maharashtra is still a struggling, backward state. Mumbai is a stark contrast there and brings up the average. On the other hand, it's probably a drain on an already poor state's resources (for example the July 2005 flood hit other parts of Maharashtra hard too but I believe Mumbai soaked up all the attention and relief work that was promised simply because it was 'better known') What happens to the rest of the state then, once the cash-cow called Mumbai is cut off from it? From Mumbai's perspective, it is a fact that the seven islands are groaning under the load of the existing population with more getting added every day. There's some effort to extend beyond boundaries (like Delhi is enveloping the neighboring areas like Gurgaon and Noida) and mainland is the only solution. I wonder how the geo-political situation will turn out if Mumbai is a different city-state from the mainland then. I read that article as well, Arzan. I’m not so sure that becoming a seperate city-state would be a great idea.

From what little I know, Maharashtra is still a struggling, backward state. Mumbai is a stark contrast there and brings up the average. On the other hand, it’s probably a drain on an already poor state’s resources (for example the July 2005 flood hit other parts of Maharashtra hard too but I believe Mumbai soaked up all the attention and relief work that was promised simply because it was ‘better known’)

What happens to the rest of the state then, once the cash-cow called Mumbai is cut off from it? From Mumbai’s perspective, it is a fact that the seven islands are groaning under the load of the existing population with more getting added every day. There’s some effort to extend beyond boundaries (like Delhi is enveloping the neighboring areas like Gurgaon and Noida) and mainland is the only solution. I wonder how the geo-political situation will turn out if Mumbai is a different city-state from the mainland then.

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