Getting from one part of the city to the other can now take hours, and accepting this as normal should worry us all

Earlier this October, I made the naïve decision of trying to get from Khar to Wadala at a little after 5 pm. It was a weekday, and I hadn’t forgotten that rush hour existed, of course, but I assumed it wouldn’t be more painful than usual. What I hadn’t taken into account was the existence of some kind of fintech event being held at BKC. Apparently, it was meant to showcase how India is ready for business and why entrepreneurs from across the country and abroad should start diverting more of their money towards exciting new ventures in these parts.

Around me, brand new monuments in glass and steel rolled slowly past. Outside these monoliths, young men and women in suits an

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