City that's made

In CP Surendran’s (editor, Times of India, Pune,) preface to his book Iron Harvest (now a bit old, but just read by me), he refers to Pune as – ‘a city on the make’.
I always claim injunction against such patronizing descriptions of my hometown. So I set about thinking whether Pune was in fact on the make, or, was it made? Mumbai, for example, is never on the make, because it’s always on the take.
It’s a matter of perspective. Money-wise, perhaps, Pune lags. In every other aspect though, it’s pretty much made. If only Pune realized that.