mumbai Archives

Why I Chose To Break Up With the Bra

Twelve years after I was first introduced to the bra, I decided to break up with it. It wasn’t a decision borne out of rebellion or one to support a socio-political movement. Some of us just like going braless.

Vaishnavi May 3, 2016

POV

How Do We Make Mumbai Actually Liveable? Pretend We’re in Manhattan

Mumbai, with its crumbling infrastructure and open gutters, has become a nightmare. The truth is that Indian cities can be so infuriating at times that we’ve created our own special way of dealing with them – we pretend the problems don’t exist.

Mudra May 2, 2016

Bollywood

Mumbai Gangster Movies Ka King Kaun? Satya

Long before RGV Ki Aag and Guns and Thighs, Ram Gopal Varma gave us a masterful Mumbai gangster movie like Satya. Crime films need characters, not caricatures – they need real grime, not artistically recreated versions of it. They don’t make films like Satya anymore.

Damian D'souza May 2, 2016

Love and Sex

Long-Distance Love in Mumbai: Romeo in Colaba, Juliet in Andheri

A couple with one partner in Mumbai and the other in Pune, can’t claim to be in a long-distance relationship. But a couple between Andheri and Colaba can. In the time that it takes to get from one end of the city to another, you could finish binge-watching End of the F***ing World.

Abhilasha Sinha April 29, 2016

POV

What Will It Take For Us to Avoid Train Tragedies Like the Bihar Derailment?

For a country that aspires to build Smart Cities everywhere, turn its financial capital into Shanghai, and wishes to be at the forefront of global innovation and technology, incidents like the Seemanchal Express derailment are inconvenient reminders of just how far we have to go.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 26, 2016

POV

“Papa Nahin Aane Denge”: Why I Miss the Excuse that Saved Me from New Year’s Eve Disasters

I am in Mumbai without parental guidance and am expected to have a banger New Year’s scene. The only problem is that I am a Parvati who was never Poo to begin with. In fact, I am that next-level accha baccha who sits at home enthusiastically watching year-end award shows.

Abha Mehra April 26, 2016

Earth

Delhi vs Mumbai: Mere Paas Ped Hain

Whichever way you lean in the age-old debate of Delhi vs Mumbai, you have to admit the capital holds the edge in one area. Delhi HC’s order saving 16,500 trees from being chopped is a far cry from axe-happy Mumbai’s approach of felling 5,000 trees for Metro-3.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 25, 2016

Modern Family

Confessions of a Backbencher Mom

Have I failed as a mother if my son is not acing every single life experience just because I chose chor-police over chess mastery?

Sharan Saikumar April 24, 2016

People

MC Tod Fod: Musician, Wordsmith and Eco warrior

Dharmesh Parmar was not just a singer, but also a philosopher, an environmentalist and the rarest of all, a principled artist.

Anurag Tagat April 23, 2016

People

Your Uber Will Be Striking Shortly

As commuters, we go off on frequent rants about how Uber and Ola drivers are always late, how they can never find the destination, or how rude they can be. But your Uber drivers are people too. And if the ongoing strike is any indication, they’ve had it with the app.

Kapil Talwar April 23, 2016