How do you tell people that you belong to a city even though you haven't lived there the requisite 10, 15 years? When that inevitable question pops up, "Where are you from?", I have to fight the urge to say "Bombay". Not Delhi, not even Mumbai. But Bombay. How do you tell them that the idea of the city is in your soul even as you scatter across its alien landscape anchorless. But you still know you belong and you have never been more sure of anything else. That quiet knowledge that You are where You should be.
So next time I am asked that question, I think I'll say, "from here, but I moved to Bombay a month ago." So they'll think I'm a kook. But that's hardly new.