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Training at Mumbai in 1982- snippets

I worked as Service Engineer in Chennai for a Mumbai based reputed for three years in Chennai after completing BE from College of Engineering Guindy in 1982. As a trainee , I was sent to Mumbai for a three month training after a few months of field work at Chennai. Nobody used to bother about us during training at Mumbai. My aim during training in Mumbai was to fill my stomach. I would report in the morning and hog the vada paav / bread omlette breakfast, would hang around till lunch at Vikhroli premises and scoot after lunch. I could not understand a word of Hindi though I could read well. I used to board buses going to city and used to buy ticket to the terminus. Not knowing where I am headed for, it was a safe thing to do so that ticket checkers would not create an issue ! The first such trip was on a double decker to Backbay Depot. After travelling for more than an hour on the top deck , I suddenly saw tall buildings to my right at a reasonable distance. I knew the clutch of bui