Everybody loves Bandra because it's a liberal, mostly green suburb, which even though is cosmpolitan, is predominantly a Catholic area. It's apparently a pleasant sight to see "Christian-looking" aunties in dresses with bobbed hair. I have never heard anyone refer to areas near St Andrew's Church as "ghettos."
Now compare this to Yari Road, a predominantly Muslim area at the western end of Andheri. Instead of frocks, you see burkhas, burkhas and more burkhas. The trees have been felled and the less posh localities are chaotic. Do so many Muslims live there because they can't get flats in pre-dominantly Hindu buildings? Is it safety in numbers? Is it the comfort of living with members of the same religion?
Are the differences between Bandra and Yari Road, just those of Christians and Muslims? Of being liberal and being conservative?
Now compare this to Yari Road, a predominantly Muslim area at the western end of Andheri. Instead of frocks, you see burkhas, burkhas and more burkhas. The trees have been felled and the less posh localities are chaotic. Do so many Muslims live there because they can't get flats in pre-dominantly Hindu buildings? Is it safety in numbers? Is it the comfort of living with members of the same religion?
Are the differences between Bandra and Yari Road, just those of Christians and Muslims? Of being liberal and being conservative?
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