Less is more

Bombay inspire you to live a simple life as it keeps reinforcing the message “less is more” in so many ways.

First the houses of Bombay are quite small and you learn to live in a cramped place. You learn to sleep in beds smaller than normal. You learn to live without balconies. Less is more.
Then the entire city is setting a fine example if Gandhi’s simple living high thinking and as Gandhi decided to wear only a lion cloth and give up the rest, the residents of Bombay are giving up so many unnecessary ornamental things that are not adding any value to your life except your variety. Good examples are lack of parks, narrow roads. I mean who needs roads broader than your car. It’s just a wasteful expenditure like a Kurta that goes till your knees or lower.
Let me come back to the house once again. The house is reinforcing the teaching in more ways than discussed above. Because of the compact sizes the houses inspires you to buy less stuff. Since you can fit only a limited amount of stuff in your home, you buy less.

When everything is inspiring you to live with less, it would be a shame if the weather is not contributing to your life style.

The monsoon of Bombay is also giving you the message to live with just your necessities and forget about the rest. Everything here attracts fungus when left alone for a few days so things that you are not regularly using are becoming the fields of fungi. The fungus will attack almost all part of your houses. I have not worn a leather belt in the last one week and not it is covered with fungus, my bag, which I last used 2 weeks ago, is covered with fungus. I guess if I sit motionless for a day, I will be covered with fungus myself. Maharishi Valmiki was covered by an anthill while sitting in meditation and he went on to become such an intelligent person. I guess I should try with fungus, if I get even 5% of his intelligence, I will be set for life.

I think Gandhi should be called the saint of Bombay instead of Sabarmati.