13 Dangerous Days of Monsoon

Following a newspaper tip: The US Embassy has identified 13 days most likely to lead to flooding in Mumbai, during the monsoons. This info is important for all Mumbaikars (not just US citizens), and the City Government should have been disseminating this info in the first place, rather than planning and sniping about a statue in the sea! Excerpted...

An official India community for LJ

Greetings from LJ_India , the new official India community we’re piloting to connect all our India users. We’re writing to invite you to take a first look at the Community as it’s launched and share your feedback. You’re, of course, under absolutely no obligation to join, but we’d be delighted if you did :)   Do join us at http://community.liv...

Hello, I'm a regular visitor to Mumbai—I tend to spend one full month each year here—but am often at a loss as to what's going on in the city. What's your favourite way to keep updated on the current events? Is there a good website? A number to call? Newspaper listings? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

History of Public Dining in Mumbai

Folks, Antoine Lewis "will be speaking on the history of public dining in Mumbai from the early 1800s to the present. The lecture will be held on the 28th of Feb at 7.30pm at Hotel Ritz, Churchgate." Antoine knows the subject very well, and he is the editor of Savvy Cookbook. He kick-started the Bombay-On-The-Menu group with an expanded v...

Mumbai in Black and White

About a year ago, I'd started working on a project. Well, I'm happy to say that it's sort of done. Well, at least as done as it will ever be, given that I'll be shifting bases in a few days. So, here you have it, Mumbai in Black and White Let me know what you think. X-Posted on my journal You may also be interested in my post abou...

Accommodation

Hi all, I am visiting Mumbai from 16 Dec - 20 Jan. I was hoping someone could direct me to budget accommodation preferably less than AUD100 (roughly USD89) Appreciate your help. Thanks!

Hot Stock tip follows....

* It’s a bull market if you’ve woken up this morning with the feeling: "Thank god, it is Monday!" * It’s a bull market if the analyst takes a deep breath, runs his mind quickly across 1985, 1992, 2000 and says, "But it is different this time." * It’s a bull market if you’re suddenly discovered on the social circuit because you ...

SMS Span worse than email spam?

Do you agree that SMS spam is worse than email spam? If yes, how about an idea that your service provider spams you as if it's desperately trying to make money to stay in the business? I received 11 spam SMS from reliance during the period of 20 days (19 August to 8 September). Here are the messages I received and I will like to clarify to the ...

Angrezi Gyan poll

View Poll: Angrezi Gyan Victor Lyons is doing a fantastic job and we all should help him x-posted mumbai , bangalore , the_elcid

anyone here have any information about Shari Academy? Is it a good institution for photography, etc? thanks.

Upside-down

See anything interesting? Look closer. The funniest part is that this is the second one that I spotted within 20 minutes. I thought the earlier one was a mistake but two? Am I missing something?

JNJT vs Love Story 2050

Apparently Bollywood has taken Karan Johar’s K3G movie caption “Its all abt loving your family” a tad bit seriously. And as a result every one wants to launch their brothers, sisters, kids, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunties and who all. So last Friday we has 2 new comers whose movies were released. Harman has almost all of his friend (...

Bombay of the 60’s

I came across a great article (do not know the online source). It speaks about what Bombay was in the 1960’s. A lot of what is written I have heard about from my parents and grandparents. Bombay then was a less chaotic city than it is today. Bombay & The Swinging Sixties by STANLEY PINTO, An old Bombay boy and night club pianist, des...

36 Hours in Mumbai

The NYTimes has a long running feature called “36 Hours In….” where they feature different cities every week. This week its our very own Mumbai IT’S the Jazz Age again in Mumbai . The populous metropolis is bursting with stock-market money, a shimmering art scene has a growing global presence, and young people are exploiting t...

First Rain

On the first week of June, Mumbai welcomed the monsoon of 2008. I watched it arrive, alone…which is probably the best way, with the rain. The skies heralded the season of water. And then I watched the drops paint the sidewalk a shiny, sheeny gloss of life. (more…)

MTV’s very own Bakra

Yes our GenX channel MTV did get a taste of their own medicine this Monday. The protest by some Sikhs was against a poster for the On The Job show, which allegedly portrayed a member of their community in an offensive manner. MTV was promoting the show with the tagline ‘Jobs your parents won’t understand,’ which showed a girl from their community...

10 ways to enjoy this monsoon in Mumbai

umbrellas.gif Its raining cats and dogs and yes its all mucky and wet. But trust me there are a zillion things which you can enjoy this monsoon. So mumbaikars here are a few things you can enjoy during the rains: Set the alarm one hour earlier than usual. When it rings, slam it shut and go back to sleep. While this feels terrific most times o...

Rain Rain Come Again

Is this over-reacting or being prudent? In a detailed travel advisory Monday to Americans visiting the city during the ongoing monsoons, the consulate said that there is heavy possibility of flooding, especially on 13 days. The dates, which the Americans are supposed to watch out for and exercise extreme caution, are July 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 when ...

Carpooling

Carpooling - have you ever heard of this? Well Carpooling is a shared use of a private car, in particular for commuting to and from work and other purposes, often by car owners (drivers) and people (passengers) traveling to the same destination by other means of transport. There are often times when car owners have empty seats in their car because ...

The Archer Aims For The Heart

Jeffrey Archer on Landmark tour! ..proclaims a hoarding on Andheri Link Road a few feet before Infiniti Mall which houses the Landmark store. The lower two floors look fairly sane, I think to myself as far as weekdays go. Even the second floor which looms into sight as the escalator rides up looks remarkably normal. Then I notice the mountain of ...

Delhi to get 50 new CNG filling stations soon

In an attempt to meet the increasing demand for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the national capital, at least 50 new filling stations will be commissioned soon. In all, 100 new CNG stations would come up in Delhi and NCR before the commencement of Commonwealth Games 2010, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said today. Dikshit along with Petroleum M...

DABBAWALAS : delivery en Mumbai

Aparte de la cronica de sociedad , puede ser fuente de ideas para, mutatis mutandis, algun emprendimiento diferencial =================================================================== EL PAIS(España) Un mundillo en Bombay JAVIER SAMPEDRO 20/07/2008 Aparte de la cronica de sociedad , puede ser fuente de ideas para, mutatis mutandis, algu...

Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Asia, Oz #6

Welcome to the sixth Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for Asia, Oz. Here you’ll find Asian, Australian, New Zealand and Oceania travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend. Photographic inspiration this week from Nancie McKinnon, another fabulous image courtesy of Intelligent Travel’s Global Eye. You can read more about Nancie’s stay in...

Top 10 interesting facts about India’s 1974 explosion

The current hallabaloo in India’s parliament has its seeds in the Indo-US nuclear deal initiated about 3 years ago signalling an end to the 30-year US embargo/moratorium on any nuclear cooperation with India. That embargo resulted from the 1974 nuclear expolsion that India conducted in the desert sands of Pokhran in the northwest. Here are 10 inter...

Music of 'Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam' released in Mumbai

The music launch of Bollywood film 'Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam' was held in Mumbai on Saturday.

Indien - Im Luxuszug von Mumbai nach Goa

Indien - Im Luxuszug von Mumbai nach Goa Jeder kennt Mumbai, keiner die Provinz Maharashtra, in der das ehemalige Bombay liegt. Das soll sich jetzt mit dem Luxuszug "Deccan Odyssey" ändern. Quelle: FOCUS Online - Reisen-News Gefunden vor 47 Minuten | Rubrik: Reisen, Urlaub

Mallika shakes a leg to promote Ugly Aur Pagli

As part of the promotional strategy for their film Ugly Aur Pagli, actors Ranvir Shorey and Mallika Sherawat showed up at a discotheque in Mumbai and posed for the enthusiatic shutterbugs. Ranvir made an early entry and he seemed have added some extra pounds. However, he clarified that it was not because he had become [...]

Marmayogi in grandeur at Switzerland

Followed by the grand success of his magnum opus Dasavatharam, actor Kamal Haasan has geared up with shooting for his next film Marmayogi. Earlier, plans were to launch the film at Grand Hotel in Mumbai at the presence of who’s who of tinsel town. Later the occasion had to be postponed on July 25 for [...]

Mercato di Mumbai (Bombay), India

Spezie, spezie e ancora spezie. Colori, ovunque. Odori forti, acri, nauseabondi, a volte. Calore umano e atmosfera unica e inconfondibile: l’India è anche questa. Anzi questa è l’immensa, rumorosa, trafficatissima Bombay, oggi Mumbai. Una marea umana di persone, storie, destini, vite che si incrociano. Mi è sembrato di conoscerle già da tempo immem...

Millons Lose Service After Fire Shuts Down GSM Network in Mumbai

Bharti Airtel’s customers in India's Mumbai circle faced severe problems on their network last Friday after a fire took out the company's main switching centre in the city.