June 27, 2006: Heavy rains lash Mumbai
June 30, 2006: Heavy rain continues for third day in Mumbai - Water logging up already
July 2, 2006: Heavy rains continue - The never-say-die Indian spirit seen, as people still going to office inspite of heavy rains and water logging etc. Transportation Services disrupted because of heavy rains.
July 4, 2006: Still raining... flights diverted due to heavy rains. Eight people dead because of heavy rains.
July 5, 2006: HC slams Mumbai civic body for flooding
July 6, 2006: Didn't rain the whole day! Normal life continues as people went to work etc. According to a survey: 97% attendance in offices! Now that's Mumbai, life just doesn't stop!
Even though it rained pretty hard, the dabbawallas or the tiffin box carriers didn't stop their work at all.
July 9, 2006: A statue of the late wife of right-wing Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray was found to have been vandalised. Shiv Sena followers started protesting and torched at least one bus and forced shops to shut in some areas.
July 11, 2006: Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai (and Srinagar also). A series of 7 blasts that took place in the local trains of Mumbai kill almost 200 people and injure about 450.
July 12, 2006: Mumbai life returns to normal. People go to office as always. Mumbai life is almost "unaffected"
Salute to mumbaikars... even after going through all this, people returned to normal life as if nothing happened at all... Only in India you can see such a thing!
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