Municipality

Bombay (Oops sorry - Brihanmumbai) Municipal Corporation is an awesome body. It generates the largest revenue of all cities in India. It makes people pay for cleanliness, maintenance of roads, water, property, transportaion of goods, street lights and many other such 'services'. Its elected representatives are called 'nagarsevaks' (city-servants) and they take great pride in serving citizens. They promise all above-mentioned services and more. They walk the streets before the elections. They draw agendas. They show us dreams. They grow rich and reduce poverty. They wear crisp starched clothes & imbibe personal hygiene. They knock our doors for votes. And we vote. For them. For their beaurocracy. For their cars. For their mobile phones. For their salaries. For their signatures. We pay them even to deliver inspiring speeches. We even love to pay them for small favours. We willingly pay their charges for representing us in times of trouble. This wonderful give & take carries on peacefully. And we build the world's best city called Bombay.