Mumbai woman steps out at 3:30 am with friend, praises city’s safety: ‘I just love Mumbai’

A Mumbai woman has shared her experience of being out in the city with a female friend in the early hours of the morning, saying she was struck how safe and comfortable they felt despite being outside without any male companions.A Mumbai woman shared how she and her female friend felt safe while heading to a beach at 3:30 am. (Instagram/itsactuallynishaa)(Also read: Woman says Mumbai feels safe even at 12:30 am: ‘Now I understand why it is called the Dream City’)Taking to Instagram, a woman named Nisha posted a video documenting the late-night outing as the two friends headed towards a beach at around 3:30 am. In the clip, she expressed her surprise at being able to move around the city freely at that hour without feeling uncomfortable or unsafe.‘It feels so safe’”It’s 3:30 at night, actually, it’s almost 4 am, and the two of us girls are just roaming around, heading to the beach. Bhai, I still can’t believe that we’re two girls out like this at 3:30 in the morning, with no guys accompanying us. It feels so safe. We even went to the beach, and there were only guys there, but no one cared that two girls had come there or bothered us in any way. I mean, literally, sometimes I feel like I shouldn’t praise Mumbai so much because I don’t want to jinx it. Yaar, Mumbai… I honestly have no words. I just love Mumbai,” she said in the video.The clip captures the two women walking around Mumbai late at night before visiting the beach. According to Nisha, despite the presence of several men there, nobody made them feel uncomfortable or interfered with them.Sharing the video on Instagram, she summed up the experience with the caption: “Only Mumbai people can understand this.”Watch the clip here:Social media users reactThe clip has since drawn several reactions from social media users, many of whom related to her appreciation of being able to move around freely without fear.”This is the kind of freedom every woman deserves,” one user wrote, highlighting how basic freedom of movement can carry particular significance for women.”The sense of safety is truly priceless,” another person commented. A third user echoed the affection for the city and wrote, “Mumbai never fails to win hearts.”Another viewer added, “Such moments make the city feel special.”(Also read: Woman praises Mumbai’s safety after travelling alone in local train at 11 pm: ‘You’re never alone in Mumbai’)HT.com has reached out to the user for her comments, and the copy will be ce her response is received.(Disclaimer: This report is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.)