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Mighty Zeus is not being kind to us, and it appears as if his fury has caused another downpour on our wonderful city. So with a heavy heart, we have decided to postpone that magical event, the monthly Mumbai Blogger Meet scheduled for today. Abandon not thy hope, fair blogger, for we shall simply postpone […]

Ever enjoyed monsoon luck? It’s pouring all day, but when you decide to go out, the skies stop the spray. Run along, get the errand done and as soon as you back home, the rains restart. It’s like you have the power to switch the rains on and off to suit your convenience! I’ve had […]

After a great cartel meet and some ok dinner (pizza and biryani can never pass off as gourmet), I set off for home from Gaurav’s place in Kalina. Kalina, that quaint suburb between Santacruz and Kurla, was where I trudged to for two years of my life as I struggled with a Masters in Economics […]

It’s not a cliché when you experience it – on a regular basis. A friend was transiting through Bombay and I went over to see him for dinner in Andheri, near the international airport. It was past midnight when I went to Andheri station to catch a local train home (Yes, trains do run past […]

Mid-day has an interesting section called Mumbai Dope with trivia about the city.

Mumbai’s suburban rail systems carry a total of 2.2 billion passengers every year. Incidentally, the world’s population is 6 billion. [Yazad: 2.2 billion passenger-journeys is what they mean]
As of June 2003, there are an incredible 982 villages in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The name […]

Telephone lines and cellphones are down in what seems to be another series of bomb blasts in Bombay. The only source of news trickling in is from the web. As I keep refreshing Rediff, there seem to be more blasts!
1. Gateway of India
2. Zaveri Bazar
3. Pydhonie
4. BMC Headquarters
Uptil now, all in South Bombay.
Update (14:27) […]