Tag Archives: Mumbai
Mumbai Is A Cultural Wasteland, Says The Hindu
We love Bollywood and we’re boring to boot, according to the venerable paper. Read More »
A Look Inside Luxury Homes in Goa and Mumbai
Asking prices? Naturally, on request. Ogling however, is free. Read More »
The End Is Nigh For Mumbai, Says Outlook
The news magazine’s latest cover story details why our beloved metropolis could be on the verge of collapse. Read More »
Three Centuries of Work = 1 Luxury Flat in Mumbai
It would take no less than 300 years of slogging to afford a 1,000 square foot luxury flat in the city, says a new report. Read More »
Bent Out of Shape
North, south; Brahmin, Bania. Why do Aakar Patel’s banal observations raise so many hackles? Read More »
See The Mumbai Of Our Dreams On Display at NGMA
A new show on “open spaces” shows us the city we ought to have become (and hopefully will be some day). Read More »
Number of Rape Cases on the Rise
2011 saw an increase in the number of rapes in the city; Shobha the lioness at SGNP bears a litter of three cubs. Read More »
Claymation Ode To the Mumbai Taxi Driver
This nine-minute claymation short is probably one of the most creative odes we’ve seen to the Mumbai taxi driver (there’s a good chance you’ll have a new found appreciation for the black-and-yellow after watching it). Read More »
CST Officials Want To Relinquish UNESCO Heritage Tag
Thousands of square feet of office space in Nariman Point lies vacant; a deadly pulmonary disease afflicts eight out of 100 people in Mumbai. Read More »
More Real Estate You Can’t Afford
Auction house Saffronart and realtors Cushman & Wakefield have put up a few places for auction that we’re guessing are for the very, very wealthy. Read More »
A Bridge Over Troubled Water
As Delhi races ahead, Mumbai’s major infrastructure projects languish due to bad planning and delays. Read More »
The M Word
One of the US-based co-founders of Samosapedia.com tells us how Mumbai, monsoon and mangoes all played muse for the birth of the crowd-sourced guide to South Asian slang. Read More »
Rain Causes 1,700 More Potholes
Heavy rains lead to more potholes across 308 locations in the city, Mumbai is ranked one of the worst places to live, and India’s economic growth slows down to 7.7 per cent. Read More »
78 Per Cent of Mumbai Lives in Slums
Data from the 2011 census shows that four slums in the city have overtaken Dharavi in size; Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad defends his controversial remarks on gay men; and India sacks its athletics coach in wake of a doping scandal. Read More »
Culture Capital
Is Mumbai losing its cultural groove to Delhi? Read More »
