[photopress:sagar1.jpg,thumb,centered] We visited Sagar-Pallavi’s home in Bangalore and stayed with them for 1 night. For those who are new, Sagar and Pallavi used to stay in the Bay Area till 2002 and then they moved to Bangalore (They used to stay nextdoors to Jayesh-Bhavini in Remington Grove). Since many people …
Almost 75% of the postal mail that we get is Junk Mail and we have to tear it up. I have had it with Junk mail and have taken a few steps to try and stop it. After searching the internet for “How to stop Junk Mail” I found some …
[photopress:reva.jpg,thumb,centered] We had gone to Bangalore on a short visit and while there we got to ride in a Reva (India’s first electric car). One of our cousins has bought a used one and we rode in that for a day around the city. Now this car is really really …
Years of Mercury News exposure has left me dumb. 🙁 It was such a pleasure to be reading the Times of India for 6 weeks. The TOI contains so much informative material that it is easy to get lost for 2 hours in the newspaper (Now that they supply the …
Travelling in an airplane seat for 12 hours straight is no joke. It feels just weird to be thinking about sitting stable in one position for that long. (Of course even after getting up for walks, etc). And of course on top of that we vegeterians get our meal plates …
For those of you who have not been to Bombay in 18 months or less here is short glimpse at what’s new or different since the last time you visited. 1) Some of the signals have a countdown meter as to when will the green light come. As per a …
As I get out of a 1.20 hours rickshaw ride and put my heart from my mouth back in its rightful place I start to wonder what would be some good taglines for Mumbai traffic. I thought of a few and so here they are. Feel free to add to …
Starting this thread to document some of the idiosyncrasies about Mumbai w.r.t shopping and other things to do. 1) Nirmal-Lifestyle Mall in Mulund: They have a huge open space around which there are various shops. The theme in the open space is “Space”. They have huge planets hanging from the …
[photopress:urbantadka1.jpg,thumb,centered] We visited the Urban Tadka restaurant in R-Mall (Mulund) on the basis of a recommendation from a friend. We were very impressed with the decor and ambience. The decor theme is that of a dhaba and the owners have done a nice job of seeing to it that the …