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Monday, May 30, 2005
Same bathwater. Different bathtub
The Economic Times reports:
Cut through the clatter. The painfully long jams. The labyrinthine platforms. This time round, there’ll be just one lane. Shanghai looks closer than it ever did. Mumbai may soon find its own space, set its own rules, and get aamchi governance. [Many sics.](Link via MadMan.)
If the buzz in government circles — both within the state and at the Centre — is to be believed, plans are on to bring Mumbai under an independent authority.