Take a trip in a bus!!!!!

Different cities, different characteristics. Even if you do not want to, you end up comparing the relative characteristics of them.

Let's talk about the nature of the mostly used public vehicles - buses in Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai.

Kolkata is the most unorganized city I've come across. The buses stop anywhere and everywhere for any amount of time to get a single passenger. The conductors actually scream the destinations at the top of their voice. The important bus stops sound like a fish market at the important office hours. People can get in and get down from any of the doors. And moreover, the mini-buses have only one door!

Delhi is the capital city of India so things are better organized there. But it's undobtedly the most corrupted city I've come across. The blue line bus conductors actually bribe the governmnet ones for not plying in the office time! Though the buses dont stand in betwwen stops, but they take the liberty to stand for any amount of time just like Kolkata buses. The conductors there also scream at the top of their voice in their typical Hariyanvi accent.

The Mumbai buses are both organized and mysterious. Particular buses stop at the particular stops. You first have to check the board in the bus stand to make sure that the bus will stop here or walk ahead to the next bus stand. The bus numbers are written in Marathi (Thank God Marathi numbers look the same as Hindi numbers) and if you can't read that, then you will come to know that you have missed your bus only after it leaves the stand, as the number is written in English just near the back door. No point of running behind it, as it won't stop unless for its stop. The conductors never speak a word here about the destinations and it's always advisable to get a bus-route schedule in order to catch the right bus. And yes, if you miss your stop and move forward, there is no way of knowing it as the conductors won't call you out at your stop, unlike Kolkata and Delhi.