Mumbai... the financial capital of India, the city of dreams, glitz, glamour and aspirations, the city that never sleeps... The list of reasons to be here are endless.

Despite the numerous ills it suffers, its denizens and the millions who arrive here daily won't stop loving it.

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Commuters try to get onto an overcrowded train on a railway platform during the morning rush hour

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A view of Dharavi, Asia's largest slum area

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The Bandra-Worli sea link

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Devotees take a huge idol of Ganesh, the Hindu deity of prosperity, for immersion in the Arabian sea amidst heavy traffic

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Fishermen sort out their fishing nets along the shores of the Arabian Sea

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Patrons drink beer and eat food at Cafe Mondegar in South Mumbai's posh Colaba locality. A 63-year-old prohibition law requiring every adult above the age of 25 to get a drinking permit exists in Maharashtra but it's never been taken seriously.

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An aerial view of a central district of Mumbai

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A cook at a street-side snack stall arranges vada pavs and samosas

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A boy walks past a barricade put up by police, near Arthur Road Jail where Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the accused lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks, is being held.

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Aspiring models wait for their turn to be judged during auditions in Mumbai

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A road sign stands next to the Bombay Stock Exchange building

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A man sleeps next to a billboard in Mumbai

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A taxi meter is seen near Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

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Policemen erect barricades in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai

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A slogan of the sanitation department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation written on a garbage truck is pictured at a Mumbai suburb

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A girl walks with her pet monkey on a promenade along the Arabian Sea

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An aircraft prepares to land at the airport surrounded by slums

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Labourers work on a billboard in Mumbai

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