Mumbai is not a "free range" city where sacred cattle are left to "pasture" wherever they choose (often sitting in the roadway next to the center divide). Still, my first impression of Mumbai after debarkation from the Jet Air flight from New Delhi was olfactory. Somehow the fragrance reminded me of a T shirt a man was wearing at JFK a few days ago:
"Wisconsin: Smell the Dairy Air"
The sensory paradox of traveling through a city of 20 million while subtle undertones of feedlot waft through the air is confusing to the American palate.
Oddly, days and days of monsoon rain eliminated any trace of industrial or automobile pollution.
Posted by rollingrains at July 30, 2008 01:22 PM