Explain in detail how Mumbai has changed in last 30 years including changes in the way people are dependent on local and global import
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Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan! Well, not anymoreOnce a Portuguese port and colony, the city was christened Bom Bahai which literally means the good bay. Later as it changed hands to the British empire, they started to call it Bombay, a name that eventually became a brand in itself, associated with progressive urbanisation, cultural extremisms, a secular and cosmopolitan environment and, of course, Bollywood!
And then came along Shiv Sena who saw it fit to refer to it as Mumbai, after the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi. Then after, the names of Sahar airport (now called as Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport), Victoria Terminus (now called as Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus), and a bunch of other landmarks were also changed in the same breath.
The Shiv Sena took it one step further, and ordered every institute and organisation with the word 'Bombay' in their name to implement the change. There was some opposition, but it made little difference to its citizens.
Yeah, we can't help but brag about our God-awesome Bandra-Worli Sea link, cause let's admit it, it's awesome! (And we still don't have a metro, yet!)
We go for late night drives on it; we take pictures of it, on it, under it; with it. And while it may have, to some extent, helped cut the travel distance between the city and the suburbs, it sure has gone a long way to inflate our pride.