Mumbai's stories and scams

Compared to Mumbai, Bangalore is downright boring. Its not Bangalore's fault, all things said and done, there is a certain charm to it. But Mumbai is unique in some senses, when everything is crushed together, far closer than should be allowed by the rules of humanity and the laws of physics, strange things are bound to happen. Physicists say that Black holes break down normal laws of physics; the same happens when you achieve what the railways rather nicely call SUPER DENSE CRUSH LOAD CAPACITY - a state where there are 14-16 people per square meter of space! Imagine a small square around you - 3.5 feet by 3.5 feet, then try to imagine 16 people standing in this space! The mind boggles!
But you get tales in this environment; stories to make you laugh, stories that make you cry, stories that would be right up Dickens' alley.
And I am going to blog some that I remember from my time in that city.
Mostly about scams though.. The scams that I remember from that time.
And I start now:
The biggest scam is obviously the state of the local trains. A ticket in the first class (no AC, bad seats, standing room often) costs way more than a normal ticket in the Delhi Metro. A ticket in the general compartment costs almost as much as a Delhi Metro ticket. And if the Delhi Metro is making a good profit, consider the earnings in Mumbai.
Let's put it plainly, the railways and the central government are ripping off Mumbai commuters.
But I'm getting too serious. The scams and stories I want to talk about are funny, even if they are sometimes mean, because I like to laugh and I like to see others laughing :)