#MumbaiIn3Words: An ode to Mumbai from Twitter

When asked about Mumbai, people never stop praising the city for its fast lifestyle and a rocking nightlife.

The city never sleeps and has rightly earned the labelled 'Insomniac'. People find peace amidst crowds and get restless when at home. Harbouring a diverse population, the city accepts everyone with open hands. Paying a homage to the city, @WeAreMumbai, a Twitter community who frequently tweet about the city, started #MumbaiIn3Words to begin a conversation amongst Mumbaikars about the city.

Okay let's do this. Define Mumbai in 3 words. Use #MumbaiIn3Words

— WeAreMumbai (@WeAreMumbai) November 12, 2014

The hashtag has been the top trend on Twitter in India since Wednesday morning and has been trending worldwide on and off the entire day.

Here are some of the tweets that capture the general sentiments of people about the city.

Some people tweeted about their love for Chowpatty and food:

Choupatty pavbhaji kulfi #MumbaiIn3Words

— zuhair siddiqui (@zuhairsidiq) November 12, 2014

वड़ापाव आणि चाय । #MumbaiIn3Words

— Nitin Singh (@ps_nitin) November 12, 2014

Ek cutting chai! #MumbaiIn3Words

— Aniket (@Aniket51082) November 12, 2014

Some brought to light the fact about Mumbai being a fast paced city. Others tweeted about the famous rivalry between Delhi and Mumbai which gained a lot of response

#MumbaiIn3Words Full of life. ??

— ?Ruby Saini? (@PunjabiiKudi) November 12, 2014

Run, don't walk. #MumbaiIn3Words

— Monica (@NishkaamYogi) November 12, 2014

@WeAreMumbai #MumbaiIn3Words Better than Delhi.

— Raj Tamhankar (@shyfunnykid) November 12, 2014

Bollywood through which the city gets it's glamour quotient from was also tweeted about.

Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood !! #MumbaiIn3Words

— Shaily Lamba (@ShailyLamba) November 12, 2014

Mumbai's love for the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar also found a place in the list.

Sachin. Cricket. Religion. #MumbaiIn3Words @sachin_rt

— Rohan Apte (@ApteStyle) November 12, 2014

Local trains also known as the 'heartbeat' of the city also got an honorable mention.

Local train conversations. #MumbaiIn3Words

— Kanksha Raina (@SpoiledHobo) Novemb er 12, 2014

Train chhut gayi! #MumbaiIn3Words

— Karan Kolhe (@ImKrn45) November 12, 2014

As we say every coin has two sides, the flip side of living in Mumbai's was mentioned. People called the city 'crowded', 'hot' and indifferent

Traffic. Humidity. Crowded. #MumbaiIn3Words

— Chasing Rain (@PerniciousHeart) No vember 12, 2014

Privacy in crowd . #MumbaiIn3Words

— SV (@NambiarSV) November 12, 2014

People also expressed their views as directly as possible calling it the city that strives for only three things:

काम (Work), खाना (Food) & काम (Lust) !! #MumbaiIn3Words

— SamM (@sammz) November 12, 2014

Finally the tweet that best descibed the city. 

#MumbaiIn3Words home for all!

— Ishita Vora (@iishitav) November 12, 2014