The Mumbai Life
The stampede tragedy in Mumbai – Elphistone Road station incident What a sad day indeed for Mumbai ! 30 or so lifes lost and lots many injured and not to mention a 1000 others who would have gone through a near death experience (somehow no one is talking about them). But how many of us can put a hand on our heart and say that we did not know that this was waiting to happen ? How many of us …. forget the local trains but even local subzee markets where we shop daily, don’t we feel that we may be shoved under a moving bus in that crowded market ? According to me, Elphistone is just a small station in our daily commute on the local railway. Yes, Elphistone & Lower Parel are getting busier with the new office buildings coming up in that area but we can’t compare them to railway stations like Dadar, Andheri, Ghatkoper and even Kurla. My friends travelling on local trains on a daily basis will accept the fact that it’s impossible to get down at Andheri or even Borival...