Starting Friday morning, @WeAreMumbai (curated this week by Aditi) began tweeting under the hashtag #WhatMumbaiWants.
#WhatMumbaiWants is just a reason to smile & hug yet again ! As Ive said before. Noone is. Stranger here.
24 Hours in a day. A million cribs & cries. Everyone wants a peice of the sky. So Tell me whats your wish, Bombay #WhatMumbaiWants
Thanks to the support of several Mumbaikars, the hashtag became India's #1 trending topic, and even briefly trended worldwide.
Mumbai's desires ranged from necessarily serious...
#WhatMumbaiWants better city planning along with low-cost housing plans to curb slum problems.
... to laugh-out-loud funny.
#WhatMumbaiWants Skyline like Manhattan, beach like Thailand, food like Hong Kong, trains like Japan and a work culture like New York..
And a few themes emerged as Mumbai's most popular demands. Here's #WhatMumbaiWants:
1. RAIN! Real, heavy, cool rain!
#WhatMumbaiWants Rain ! Rain !! Rain !!!
#Whatmumbaiwants ? Rain Rain and more rain
Right now, #WhatMumbaiWants is to drench in the first proper rain.
2. Less traffic and better roads.
#whatmumbaiwants taxes to be returned in the form of better roads and infrastructure
#WhatMumbaiWants traffic free roads
#WhatMumbaiWants No potholes on roads during any season i mean proper and well maintained roads.
3. Safety for women.
#WhatMumbaiWants is better safety for girls :)
People who respect women #WhatMumbaiWants
#WhatMumbaiWants We live in a DEFINITELY Feminist city, dedicated to the 2 most imp women - "MUM & BAI" ! May the force be wid you #Mumbai
4. One more Sachin.
#WhatMumbaiWants is Sachin Tendulkar to grace the home of cricket in Mumbai, Wankhede! #MissYouSachin
Sachin to play again for next 20 yrs #WhatMumbaiWants
#WhatMumbaiWants a newer version of @sachin_rt sachin tendulkar
5. A solution to several local train woes.
#WhatMumbaiWants the expected in Minutes indicator at Local Train stations shud stop making a fool of d public
#WhatMumbaiWants AirFresheners in local trains.
Every year, over 2000 people die in local train mishaps; a lot more than in terror attacks. Where's the outrage, guys? #WhatMumbaiWants
6. WiFi. Lots and lots of WiFi.
Make Mumbai a free WiFi zone #4G #whatMumbaiWants
Wifi !! #WhatMumbaiWants
Free-WiFi Zones. #WhatMumbaiWants
7. For auto drivers to stop saying no.
#WhatMumbaiWants auto wallas who will say yes to go to bandra west ! :/
@WeAreMumbai A lot of autowallahs who will happily agree to go to andheri station . #WhatMumbaiWants
#WhatMumbaiWants auto walas that dont take bhav and simply take you wherever asked
8. To be able to call it Bombay.
To be called Bombay once again. #WhatMumbaiWants
@WeAreMumbai For Mumbai to become our Good old Bombay! #WhatMumbaiWants
#WhatMumbaiWants is to change its name back to Bombay
9. And, of course, vada pav and cutting chai.
Ek cutting chai and vada pav every 2 hours #whatMumbaiWants
Vada-Pav & Cutting chai 24x7... #WhatMumbaiWants
#WhatMumbaiWants. Kuch nai. Bas 1 Vada Pav aur 1 kating bahut hai....
In summary:
#WhatMumbaiWants Rains. Hope. Love . And Vada pav ;)
<3 Aamchi मुंबई <3
