My first speech in MBA

This was a part of Business Communication course where-in we'd to give a speech of two minutes on any topic. Since delivery was more important than the content, so I chose what I like most about Mumbai.


Hi Friends!

I am Shobhit and today I am going to talk about what is considered to be the life line of Mumbai – the local trains.

First, let me share with you some of the facts about Mumbai local trains. There are three different lines of local trains in Mumbai: the Western Line, the Central Line and the Harbour Line. Among these three lines, the Western line is considered to be the most important and most crowded one. It runs from Churchgate to Virar and covers some of the most famous stations of Mumbai such as Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali etc.

The local trains carry around 6.5 million commuters daily and run for almost 24 hours a day.

The local trains have a life of their own. The early morning trains are full of fishermen and newspaper hawkers. Between 6 to 10 in the morning, the trains are full of college and office goers. After that comes the turn of Dabbawallas. These Dabbawallas pick up lunch boxes from the homes of people and deliver the boxes in their offices at lunch time. As you all know, the functioning of Dabbawallas is a case study in itself.

In the evening traffic increases again, but in the reverse direction. I have read an interesting observation somewhere. It says that during peak hours, the density of people inside a local train is more than anywhere else in the world.

In the end, I’d like to say that if you get a chance to visit Mumbai, please take a ride in local trains and experience the fun.

Thanks. Have a nice day!


PS: The speech went well and people were interested in knowing more about Mumbai local trains, so the discussion about local trains was continued in the class.