Mumbai Our visit to Mumbai or Bombay, as we know it, was quite different from Chennai, India. Bombay is a huge city with a beautiful harbor known as the Queen’s Necklace when lighted at night. What we saw was not the abject poverty of Chennai, although sections of the city were indeed very poor, but rather a contrast between the old and the new. The first stop was at a house, now a museum, where Gandhi stayed during his lifetime. He did not own the house, however. The building is full of fascinating photos, letters, books, and memorabilia including letters he wrote to Hitler during the war. He is indeed still worshiped by the people here. We drove past the railroad station, a building unlike any other in the world for its strange spires, gargoyles, and
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