Crystal

This is one place I don’t care about how much to eat, what to eat, which table to sit, how long will I have to wait to get something to eat. I just eat, eat and eat.
Shuruaat to chaach se hoti hai
Uske baad aati roti hai
Baingan ka wo bharta, jispe mera dil aaj bhi hai [...]

Baat Ban Jaye and Kingfisher

Went to Bangalore this weekend. Took the Kingfisher return flights. Best product in the industry I should say. They have Live TV these days, courtesy Dish TV, though most of the channels are from the Zee basket (for those who may not know, Zee group owns Dish TV). Nevertheless, Zee Classic was screening a 1986 [...]

Trek to Matheran

I am going to Matheran, on foot from Neral, this Saturday. There are a few others too. We want to make sure this is just the beginning of our Monsoon-08 trekking season, hence the easy one (hopefully) first. Anyone interested?

Carpooling Initiative

Commute Easy is a great initiative (Thanks to Janak for informing me about this) that aims to make your daily commute easier by connecting you to commuters across the city who [...]

Britannia

Yesterday, I went to the Parsi restaurant at South Mumbai, named Britannia (not owned by the Wadias of Britannia biscuits fame) for lunch. It was Aditya’s (my current room-mate) idea, Gaurav came along too. The look and feel is similar to Crystal (one opposite Girgaum Chowpatty). Britannia is located at Ballard Estate, near Fort.
It too [...]

Funny road signs on Mumbai Goa highway

Without doubt, the Mumbai – Goa highway NH 17 is a beautiful route – it goes over innumerable small bridges with streams and rivers flowing underneath them – and over miles and miles of serpentine roads (the ghat roads). And if nature all around you is not enough to keep you occupied and entertained through [...]