Financial Capital Or National Shame? | Can 'Spirit of Mumbai' Hide Govt. Failure? | Akash Banerjee

Floods have taken a far more deadly toll on Mumbai than terror, yet even the 2005 carnage did not change things in a big way. Over the past 20 years, luxury cars sink, trains stop, flights are diverted, and citizens turn disasters into ‘reel content’. Can successive governments hide behind the so‑called ‘Spirit of Mumbai’ to save their skin? Is it just geography and climate change to blame for Mumbai floods, or are deep‑rooted flaws in planning, governance and corruption at play? Why do global cities like Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Singapore and Tokyo manage floods successfully while Mumbai drowns year after year? In this video, we trace Mumbai’s long tryst with floods, expose the structural failures and explore global solutions that could save India’s financial capital.