MUMBAI

Mumbai is a city which changes every minute with a large no. of people reaching there with their hopes and desires. The picture/environment of the city is created by the assemblage of different people coming from different places and merge into the one.
The system of transportation, which is very prominent and a unique feature of the city, binds the people of Mumbai together. This system creates accidents for communication between people, who belong to different groups, different class and different mindset. It also generates relationship between people and the means of transportation like relation between people and train, people and bus etc. The environment at railway station, which is a part of a routine of almost all residents of Mumbai, is created by people come there for a particular train at particular time and also the desire to take that particular train because of certain reasons like reach at certain place by certain time, other known people travelling in the same train etc. The communication amongst these groups is very easy and natural. Here groups are created by same train, same station to take train from, same station to get down to etc.
Local railway stations are planned with the idea to communicate the activity, performed in its environment, at its fullest. The distinction between different bogies like first class/ second class/ general class/ unreserved/ for disabled/ for luggage etc. suggests the system in which activity is and should be performed. This also suggests the group it can cater to and also the relationship between travellers travelling in the same bogie. These groups also suggest the behaviour of the travellers.
The time is valued in this city and finely subdivided into the structure which reflects the value of time. The definition of distance has changed in this city because of the transportation system. In Mumbai people do not measure distance by metres/kilometres but by time they take to reach that much distance, which gives the idea of communication between people and time.
Else than railways buses, auto rickshaws, taxis are also available transport means in Mumbai, which suggest other groups of short/long distances, expenses through these mediums etc. Thus meanings of these mediums depend upon the use they receive.
Mumbai railway stations express the time they were built in, through the construction and the physical characteristics of the place. The materials mostly steel, cast iron with sloping roof communicate the meaning of relation between city with its industries. The materials, sizes, maintenance give spatial meaning to the place and also communicate the group of and no of people using the place. This gives the identity to the place and cues to use the same.
The pubs/discs and other spaces reflect the lifestyle, status and other variables of the people of the city. The social context of particular can be decoded and can be positioned in certain group to communicate. The city accepts many things like dark/shabby wine shops, pubs/lounges, homosexual relationships, large no of discotheques and truly become a metropolitan city. In these environments the social status, hierarchy, ethnicity, glamour side of the city is more evident than the communication between different groups of people although these environments help the particular group to grow.
The languages in the city also give cues for the kind of environment created for particular group of people speaking Marathi/hindi/English. The city inherit Bolywood-largest cinema industry of India adds the fling of glamour which impacts the clothing of people. Moreover being a metro city brands from outside India have reached and established certain kind of fashion statement. This clothing of mass, clothing of certain class/status gives cues of the environment of the city.