Divinity and the City

Yesterday I was coming back from work in the bus and I noticed a very interesting thing. The way all the people turn around to face any temple when it passes by. Everyone says a silent prayer to God. It is really heartening to see that Mumbai has so much faith in their Ganpati. But what's more heartening is that it doesn't matter to the common man whether the bus is passing by the Siddhivinayak Temple, or the Mahim dargah, or Mount Mary's church. A place of worship is a place of worship. Any God is God to him. This cosmopolitan nature and the tolerance of the people in Mumbai is one of the things I love so much about the city.