Category: Mumbai Melah
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Mumbai Metro and Future of Entrepreneural Infrastructure efforts
image source: Live Mint The much awaited Mumbai Metro was finally flagged off today to the respite of humungous crowds that travel from east to west side of the city (few after an ordeal from far off places like Kalyan and Dombivali).. The endless queues on Bus No. 340. of which i was a part…
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Bharat Bandh.. Minds closed and Faith Lost – An Open letter to BJP and Shiv Seva
Dear BhagwaBandhus ( read BJP Shivsena – the ground staff, its high bastions and maybe the ivory tower if my voice reaches there due to some miracle) As an average Mumbaikar, belonging to the increasingly minority category of citizens called open category (medium creamy layer hindu brahmin), i must confess my inclination towards the saffron…
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US open, French Open…. Bharat Bandh
जो काम बरसात का जोर न कर पाया, जो काम देश विदेश के आतंकवादी न कर पाए. वह काम हमारे राजनैतिक नेता कल आजमाएंगे …. मुंबई.. और भारत बंद (what couldn’t be achieved by torrents of rain, and the blows of terrorists from within and outside the country, the political leaders are attempting to do….…
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Doodhwala…Dhobi..Postman..and Terrorist
“Please welcome the newest member of our urban community. You have no choice but to accept his presence. Guess what.. there are many of them ruling you!” I sit here at my office which is within a kilometer radius, and right in between two places where there are commando operations happening for the last 36…
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King Long – BRTS1- Independence day celebrations
An informal group of commuters fondly named – “Yaatri Group” celebrated Independence Day on their favorite 7.15 AM BRTS 1 route BEST AC bus. On the same day, the group of which i am a member too celebrated my second most memorable birthday ever (first one was hosted by my wife 🙂 Varsha, last year…
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Go Mumbai smartcards – which way is it "Go"ing
“Go Mumbai smart card – go anywhere in mumbai and travel smart” read the punch line of the one page leaflet that the employees of kaizen systems were aggressively distributing at Kurla station. And where it said that, there was a rubber stamp impression that said. “for central line only”. I have been a user…
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Senior Prisoner’s of the Mad City
I was on my way to my office today, going through the same “exercise” schedule that most mumbaikars go through. My empathizing mumbaikars would take less than a gasp to guess that i am talking about the local train journey towards Mumbai CST. I am one of the few fortunate ones armed with a first…
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Senior Prisoners of the Mad city
I was on my way to my office today, going through the same “exercise” schedule that most mumbaikars go through. My empathizing mumbaikars would take less than a gasp to guess that i am talking about the local train journey towards Mumbai CST. I am one of the few fortunate ones armed with a first…
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Muziboo.com- a good site for talent
http://muziboo.com/swf/mediaplayer.swf The above widget was made in Muziboo.com. Great streaming and nice features for registered users.