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thumb Marine Drive, located in the heart of the city As the country's commercial capital, Mumbai houses the headquarters of almost all major companies. The Reserve Bank of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange, forms the heart of commercial India and is situated in South Bombay. The city contributes 40% of India's income tax, and Rs. 40,000 crores (9 billion US $) as annual corporate tax; the highest in the country. Mumbai is also the epicentre of India's film industry — Bollywood, which is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced annually.
Most of the city inhabitants rely on public transportation to travel to their workplace. Public buses and trains handle most of this traffic.
Long distance train at CST station
See also: Railway stations in Bombay
A resident of Mumbai City is a Mumbaikar, Bombayite before 1996. Many Mumbaikars still prefer to call the city by its historic name, Bombay and themselves Bombayites. Within Mumbai, areas correspond to nearest railway station on the suburban railway network and people often associate themselves with the particular area where they live. People prefer to stay close to the railway station as the railways are the lifeline of Mumbai. Mumbai is known as one of the most liberal and open-minded cities of India. Many city-dwellers lead a fast-paced life with very little time for other activities.
Hundreds of people migrate to Mumbai everyday in search of jobs. This is creating a heavy strain on the resources and is emerging as an issue of the local people residing here since long time.
Mumbai has always been cosmopolitan in nature. The various languages of India blend together into a language referred to as Bambaiyaa Hindi.
Mumbai is the only city in India where all the women feel safe in public places at any time of the day or night, according to recent surveys. The cosmopolitan nature of the sleepless city means that women feel safe to wear the clothes they like and travel at any time alone. Also the work environment is commended as being closer and more open to the concept of gender equality than anywhere else in India.
The most common language spoken on the city streets is a colloquial form of Hindi/ Urdu, known as Bambaiya Hindi, which is a mix of Hindi, Marathi, English and a few invented colloquial words. While Marathi is the official language of the state of Maharashtra, it is not as widely spoken as Hindi. English is also extensively spoken and understood by most of the inhabitants. It is also the principal language spoken amongst the city's white collar workforce. As there is a significant population of people from the neighbouring state of Gujarat, Gujarati is spoken by many.
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