Reactions to the US consulate's recent advisory to its citizens not to visit Mumbai during the monsoons have varied from wry amusement to defiance.

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</p><p class='TableClas'>Phatak is missing the larger point (quite apart from the fact that he's grossly underestimated Mumbai's population 

P>Reactions to the US consulate's recent advisory to its citizens not to visit Mumbai during the monsoons have varied from wry amusement to defiance.

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