Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is the financial capital of India. It is the city people come to to make a career dixit my Indian colleagues. The striking thing about Mumbai when you take a look at the city is how rich and poor live next to each other. For each fancy building or Western shopping mall, there is a area where people live in “houses” made of whatever they could find (wood, steel, plastic, etc.) just under some "tents" made with fabric on the sidewalk.
There are also a lot of beggars on the street. Whenever they spot a tourist they literally run to you and beg for money. They are ready to use every trick to get money: grabbing your arm, standing on the car, holding a clearly underfed kid or even a baby with a bloody bandage around its head. I was told by Yuli that begging is actually a business, i.e. whatever money they get they have to give it to their gang.
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