By now, I’ve spent most of my adult life in Mumbai. And I can’t dream of living anywhere else in the country. I guess it’s got to do with the professional joys of working in Mumbai. But it is hard not to notice the sharp decline in the quality of public life across the state for more than two decades now.
(This story appears in the 03 December, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)