I spent the better part of an hour at the Google Play Store this morning, looking for signs that the money I pay the BMC regularly is being used efficiently. I knew it wouldn't be, obviously, because anyone who lives in Mumbai for more than a few hours can arrive at that conclusion without being prompted, but I wanted to be optimistic for a change.

One of the first apps I found was called Disaster Management (MCGM), "designed by MCGM for facilitation of Mumbai Citizens in any emergency [sic]." Ten-thousand people had downloaded it, apparently. To put things into perspective, that is approximately 0.04 per cent of our city's population. These brave souls had risked putting their phones at risk by installing a piece of software created by the same organisation that hasn't figured out how to build a road in decades. I downloaded it anyway, because living in Mumbai trains one for punishment.