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taxis, a black and yellow fleet known as kaali-peelis, each of them very much the individual domains of their drivers, the Taxiwallahs, who decorate them with everything from images to poetry and even the odd mirrored ceiling. A house often cited as the world's most expensive is in Mumbai, a 27-storey skyscraper businessman Mukesh Ambani shares with his family. It was recently valued at almost $1 billion. For a city where every square foot of space is accounted for, there is the relief that is Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the largest unbroken forest or park of its kind within a city’s limits. It's vast and sprawling, home to leopards, deer, and monkeys: a rich bio-diverse forest with various species of plants, animals, and birds.


Other wildlife include the Indian hare, porcupine, Indian


flying-fox, striped hyena and tigers. There is also an abundance of reptiles, with the likes of crocodiles, monitor lizards and snakes. The park is also home to 172 species of butterfly and variety of local and migratory birds. There’s so much to say about Mumbai, it’s tailor-made for listicles. With that in mind, other points of note: It is home to primary scientific and nuclear institutes such as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and the Department of Atomic Energy. The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is made up of 90,000 tons of cement and steel wire equal to the earth's girth and prime property in Delhi’s Lutyens’ Zone and Mumbai’s Nariman Point are as expensive those in New York or London. Mumbai is also a major centre for education with a literacy


rate of 89 per cent. Even its slums are India’s most literate. However, because Mumbai is so densely populated, school admission can be such a challenge that parents are urged to begin the application process early.


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