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The Spirit of Mumbai: The show must go on...

By and by, as the downpours lashed Mumbai city on August 29th, the city ground to a halt. All the typical parts were there. There was water signing in numerous ranges, automobile overloads that broadened numerous kilometers, a total log jam/stoppage of the general population transport framework, individuals stuck in their workplaces, schools and universities, water going into individuals' homes, and power cuts in numerous zones. These are scenes Mumbai has seen commonly before, but then, when it happens by and by, we are not any more arranged for it, physically, rationally or inwardly, than we were the last time.  Also, even as the downpours lashed the city, even as there was dimness all around, the soul of Mumbai, as it is famously known, climbed indeed, to sparkle brilliant on this day. What is this soul of Mumbai, many individuals inquire? What's more, where does this soul vanish, on different days which are ordinary? Each emergency in this city appears to draw out t