You want to understand the true spirit of Mumbai - take the Mumbai local and you will learn! Here is a pic from one of those trips.
“I know you are clicking”, he uttered politely, while looking outside that broken window. “What are you thinking about?”, I asked. He looked at me and said, “nothing”....thirty seconds later, he goes, “I came to Mumbai 6 days back to work for my uncle. He is evil, so I ran away”.
“What are you going to do now?”, I asked.
“I’ll figure something out, this is Mumbai”, he answered but this time, with a smile!
He gestured an old man to come take his seat, as he prepared for getting off the next station. He picked his bag, and became one with the crowd in seconds.