tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58141912011-12-19T14:01:33.027+05:30Its all about this crazy, wonderful city called Bombay...Anubha Charanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11245646909669380016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814191.post-85534175664395943912008-08-18T19:24:00.004+05:302008-08-18T19:38:26.041+05:30

Sometimes its really, really difficult maintaining your faith in friendship. Why do we need friends? To laugh and joke and have fun, but also to get through the bad days right? For a shoulder at crisis time? And if there are friends who laugh and joke and have fun, then run a mile when the crisis erupts? Have you ever fought with a friend? Ever snapped at one when you are having a humongously bad

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This describes my mood perfectly at the moment...btw, does anyone know wrote it??Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last. Do you run through each day On the fly? When you ask

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Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry...and thanks a triple million tonnes for everyone who has been mailing in this last year, despite the fact that I vanished most unceremoniously!! That's because I was doing a full time job that didn't allow me to run a parallel blog, but now am happily back to freelancing so this blog goes live again!!!!!!!

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Did you know that Thane is now just a 50-minute drive from Nariman Point???? I was resigned to spending half the day in the car, but we left at 9.20 am and were already seated for our meeting there at 10.15 am. And its a beautiful drive - you feel like you are going to a hill station. I love all the new flyovers and Expressways!!!!

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Have you heard about The Secret? I just started reading it yesterday and am completely hooked after something that happened today. I must confess that I am one of life's great disbelievers - everything is to be questioned, every piece of philosophy attracts "healthy cynicism" and every word, act or instuction must be logically explained to me before I will believe in it. However there is

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A lot of people ask me why I wait so anxiously for the rains, when all that they seem to do is turn Mumbai into one large (and in places, extremely dirty) river thats impossible to navigate. But I still love this city in the monsoons - waterlogging, total breakdown of transport systems and general mayhem notwithstanding. Over the last few weeks friends and family were constantly amused at my

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I want to go somewhere, anywhere - as long as its out of Bombay, and its not work related!! Desperately, desperately need a break and the city's humid, sweltering heat does not help one bit. And it turns my hair into a ball of pure frizz. Someone, someone pls offer me a vacation!!!!!

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Today I went to see a movie at Regal Cinema after more than a year. Multiplexes have redefined the movie experience so much, that one tends to completely bypass the smaller theaters now. After all who is going to stand for tickets in a slow, longwinding que days in advance when you can book tickets with a few clicks of the keyboard? And what about the range of snacks, beverages, plush washrooms

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Sometimes all you need is a good book, an empty room, a couch to rest your head and silence.

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After ages, a lighthearted hindi film thats actually watchable!! I mean, I am all for meaningful cinema like Provoked and Namesake (I loved both), but after a while you do start craving something that's pure, unaldurated fun - and this movie does just that. Even though its a rather simplistic story, with an even more simplistic, fairy tale ending, but you leave the hall with a smile on your lips

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Apologies, apologies, apologies for vanishing.....was slightly busy getting married!! But am now back, so check back frequently for updates!!

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Vivaah and Dhoom 2. Two films...both hits, both based on their maker's translation of contemporary India. Yet they seem to be miles apart, not only in storylines and fashion styles, but also in terms of the India they attempt to capture on celluloid. Which one is more "India", which one should we believe in and which should be discarded as a sweet fantasy - wonderful, exciting, gripping, but

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Finally, finally, finally managed to see Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna. Have been wanting to see this film forever, and thankfully, did not come away disappointed. Despite what various people told me, its a beautiful film. Yes, it may not be as powerful as Kal Ho Naa Ho, but its a far more real movie. In how many houses across the world people are living together in limbo, the frustrations of one or

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I seriously dont know what's worse - not going on vacation, or coming back from one to tackle a work desk that inevitable piled to tottering heights :(Right now I am trying to prolong the escapist feeling just a bit more by immersing every non-working minute in my latest Bill Bryson find - I'm a Stranger Here Myself. One of the great pleasures of travelling to foreign shores is the chance of

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Why is it that time away from home, work and the city that you know like the back of your hand always gives you a fresh perspective on your life???? Three days away from Mumbai, and I had managed to pinpoint exactly what was wrong with my life (or at least, most of it) and how to set it right. Or, more to the point, it helped me refocus on what I want out of life right now, and chart a path along

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Finally back home :) :)

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Been stuck in hospital for a while now (its my stupid foot again - had to get it operated), and trust me, its no fun :( Even the sympathies and flowers (and chocolates) dont help...I just want to go home now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yesterday, for the first time in a decade, I turned back from a movie hall in Bombay, scared to go in because who knows where the next round of terror would strike? Its a strange feeling, one that hangs over most of the city - one knows that life must go on, and you cant continue living in fear; yet, 11/7 has brought home the vulnerabilities of simply going about your daily living. And this is a

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Despite being a part of this industry myself, I am being perpetually amazed about how banal and nonsensical the media can get at times. Case in point - the Bombay bomb blasts. The biggest headlines? Various versions of 'terrorist involvement definite in the bombings'. Wonderful! I am glad to know that it was terrorists and not our own defense services, or non-terrorist civillians taking it up as

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This is flashback week for Bombay - flashback to last year's floods, flashback to the serial bomb blasts...but I have great faith in this city's spirit, in its resilience. There is no other city that can bounce back so quickly from disaster. Its an understanding that life goes on, and you just learn to cope with the bends along the way.

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Flood Infoline -22040800,22040804Secretary R&R (BMC) - 1070Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) - 1077MCGM (BMC) Control Room - 108

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In recent years, Bombay has faced two ghastly acts of terrorism - the serial bombings on March 12, 1993 and August 26, 2003. In both cases the city was back on its feet within hours, offices remained open and life went on as normal. However, come the rain and the city has started shutting down. Schools (and even some colleegs) have given students the day off and offices reported a 30-50% drop in

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As usual, some of the best words on the debate around the world's rudest cities come from Rahul Bose.

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When BMC chased away the footpath bookshops from Fountain and Churchgate, they had set up shop near Kala Ghoda. Now they have been forced to vacate that spot as well. And there is no sign of a relocation. Which is sad not only because my literary indulgence now puts a huge dent in my wallet, but also because these tiny shops are an essential part of Bombay's culture and ambience. Its a little

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Yup, its happening again. Despite the fact that it pours in Bombay every monsoon (d..uh, its a coastal city, its been raining here for centuries now!!) and people are still not over last year's floods, there continues to be little preparation to avoid disaster. Just a couple of day's heavy rain and the city is sliding underwater once again. Flights are delayed, trains are slowing down and the

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I know, I know....dont remind me of my earlier post saying that I have developed a new appreciation of Bombay in summer time. Fact is that nothing beats being in this city during monsoons :) I have always loved the rains, and what can be better than sitting at my window, looking out over the sheets of rain (and if I am lucky, some lightning!!) falling into the open seas. Have you ever actually

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Times change, things change, lives change....its now time to move on. I am quitting India Today's Lifestyle Division (Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, India Today Travel Plus and Design Today) to join Marie Claire, which is being brought to India by Outlook. The mag launches in June, so there are some wonderful fun and chaos-filled days ahead. For people who are not in the media industry, its

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For the first time in my life, I can actually see why people would go ga-ga over summer. I am the kind who would happily chase winters and monsoons across the globe all year long if I could!! But there is something about the onset of summers this time (yes, its only Feb, but Bombay is already sweltering) that's very appealing, very comforting. Everything is so mellow...there is a brooding-ishness

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Its strange how we build our lives around certain people, and when one of them goes away, we have to learn to live all over again. Guess that's one argument in favour of those who preach compartmentalisation...something which I have never managed to learn. But life goes on - it has to, I have learnt that the hard way around. It will go on, even if its in another place, in another city. I need a

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Stuck without something to read?? The bookshop at Taj is open till midnight...I just got to know of this today!!

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Back in Bombay...its just been a few hours and am already wondering where I should run off to next. Don't get me wrong - I love the city, but coming to a desk piled high with work after a terrific European week is not really my idea of bliss!!

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My last day in any international city is always besieged with the worst possible disasters imaginable...not kidding, just realized that this has been the trend through London, New York, Melbourne and now Stockholm!! Leaving for home early tomorrow morning - keeping fingers tightly crossed that nothing more goes wrong :(

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Three days in Stockholm and its already impossible to imagine a world where the sun exists, and its daylight for more than 2 hours a day. It just doesnt stop snowing here...everywhere you go there is either ankle deep snow or slippery spots - have already had one bad fall, but still just love this city...its just that wish had someone with me!! Am off now to visit my childhood home in a place

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Too much is changing too fast. And not for the better. Or maybe its just me who is not equipped to handle change too well. I don't know. All I know is that the New Year did not start on too good a note. I hope the old saying that what you do on New Year's day is what you are going to continue doing through the year is not really true. And if it is, then goodbye 2006! I am not looking forward to

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I have met a lot of stars in the course of my career, but there is still something surreal about sitting in front of Shahrukh Khan, in his makeup van, as he makes his phone calls, mattifies his face for the next shot and rifles through the wardrobe, discarding some clothes and approving of others...definitely surreal, and very, very special.SRK's intelligence literally radiates off him in waves..

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Yup, winter has finally arrived in Bombay, and if you have noticed that huge smiley on top, you will know that I aboslutely love this season!!!!!Its not only the chill in the air - even the light has changed...its become softer, more bluish-grey with a hint of silver shimmer rather than the blazing yellows of the past few months, the haze softens the city's edges and makes everything seem just a

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Bollywood is jinxed...Amitabh Bachchan is laid up with abdominal surgery which has all his fans (and advertisers) extremely worried, John Abraham is out with typhoid and now Saif Khan got arrested for knocking over a teenage boy while driving. Fortunately, the boy did not suffer too many injuries and Saif tested negative on the alcohol breath analyzer test - nobody wants a repeat of the Salman

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Sometimes its really revealing to see the city you live in through a tourist's eyes. Just had some cousins down from Aussie-land, and spent three days showing them around Bombay - and came away with a renewed sense of wonder about the city I have started taking for granted in the past couple of years. They were bowled over by the strangest of things:1. Bombay's black-n-yellow taxis: Have you ever

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As if my parents were not enough, now it seems that my magazine is conspiring against me as well - yup, Cosmopolitan has just come out with a special Bride issue!!Fun as it was to put this very new kind of thing together, it also made me realise that marriage might not be a bad deal after all. I mean, so many people seem to be having a ball when they get married...maybe its worth giving it a shot

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The bubble has burst. Mallika Sherawat, it finally emerges, has only nine minutes of footage in Jackie Chan's The Myth. And it seems that the lady was not at all happy when confronted with the fact at a recent press conference in Bombay. Well, its not a small thing to be part of such a project, even if for a short time. But I guess it just seems hilarious after all the hoopla she made out of the

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Just one word...Wow!!

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Here's some great news for hair product junkies...L'Oreal's Kerastase is finally available in Mumbai. They launched today at b:blunt (Adhuna Akhtar's hair salon, for the uninitiated) on Peddar Road. You've just got to try their in-salon hair ritual. It costs a bomb, but trust me, your hair will never be the same again!!Another fab launch today - Paco Rabanne's Black XS - the fragrance for "tough

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After the newspapers and TV channels, its now the turn of lifestyle mags to face boomtime. So many new mags are launching in India in the coming months. Outlook is bringing in Marie Claire - the first issue will be out in April '06; Elle is bringing in Tatler - I believe the first issue is printed, but they are awaiting registration; L'Officiel is bringing in another international mag - seems to

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The Ellora festival starts on Friday...have been invited but can't make it. Too much work :(But Pondicherry was fabulous - even though I managed to visit neither the Ashram, nor Auroville. No, did not even have time to go to the German Bakery. But managed some beautiful late, late night walks along the seaside promenade. It helped that we were literally staying on the Promenade. Its a hotel

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Never thought I would say this, but a little (just a little!!) tired of travelling. Off to Pondicherry tomorrow morning. Will have to leave home at the crack of dawn, fly into Chennai and then make the three-hour drive to Pondicherry. Why doesn't the town have an airport???? Am running out of clothes now. Managed to wash all my white kurtas with a bright green shirt - now everything is a uniform

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Bombay is facing a bit of a celebrity drought at the moment, with most of the Bollywood crowd being out of the country. Actually, there has been a mass exodus of sorts to New York - the Bachchans are all there, as are Shahrukh Khan, Karan Johar, Preity Zinta, Ranu Mukherjee, Sushmita Sen, Randeep Hooda, Priyanka Chopra, Urmila Matondkar....Aishwarya Rai is in Tunisia, John Abraham is in Kabul,

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This one's got to rank amongst my favourite Good Housekeeping covers. Working with Sushmita Sen is such a blast...expect loads of surprises from this lady in the coming months!!

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Just finished seeing Nasreen Munni Kabir's documentary on Shahrukh Khan, and its a huge dissapointment. One sort of expected a lot more insight from someone so distinguished - in fact, at times, the whole thing looks downright amateurish. Most people who have seen it have come back with this reaction. Sad, because SRK is just a fascinating subject, that it would have been awesome to see something

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This is for everyone who has been writing in saying that they can't get a copy of the Cosmopolitan anniv issue and are dying to see the Aishwarya Rai cover...

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Saw The Legend of Zorro...pretty good movie, though I couldn't help but wonder on how good it could have been if Steven Spielberg was completely in control, rather than being one of the Exec. Producers. What I am trying to say, I guess, is that it was a good movie, but not a "great" one, like, say, Gladiator or Braveheart. Catherine Zeta-Jones was stunning as usual (though her age is now creeping

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This month is anniversary time for our office...Good Housekeeping's first anniv, Cosmopolitan's ninth anniv and Design Today's fourth anniv. We killed ourselves during the month putting out the bumper special issues - Cosmopolitan is 600-plus pages and then celebrated by rocking the night away at Athena in Delhi!! Cosmopolitan has hit the stands in Bombay today...the highlight for me is the

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Repeat after me: I will never attempt to sort out issues with my boss when I am PMS-ing, or am otherwise severeley stressed. I will wait for a good time, when I can think more rationally, and keep my mouth from blurting out things that should not be blurted out even under severe distress. This is a mantra everyone should follow religiously. Trust me - I have just learnt this from a shakey

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Its been a crazy couple of months of travelling...London, New York, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the inaugural Star Cruise to Lakshadweep, and the intermittent day trips to Delhi, Calcutta and Hyderabad mixed up with everything else...no, I am not boasting, merely trying to explain my absence from the blog for a long, long time!! But am very much back in Bombay now, so check back for

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First impressions of Melbourne ('coz that's where I am right now): Empty (where are all the people?? Roads were deserted at 7 in the evening!!), clean and very Victorian in look and feel. Though the place where I am staying - Collins Street - is surrounded by shimmering highrises of glass and steel, mainly belonging to the endless number of banks that are present here. This has to be one

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Chetan Patel, a dynamic, hardworking young guy in his late 20s, on the fast track to corporate success and greatly looking forward to his upcoming wedding in December, passed away today morning.Who was Chetan Patel? Chetan was a part of ICICI Bank at the Nariman Point branch. Those of you who ever came across him would remember him as a vibrant, full-of-life guy who looked after his private

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Natural disasters are God's way of telling us that, boss, whatever you might do, the day I decide to teach you a lesson, you will jolly well sit down and listen to me!! And nowhere is this more true than in Bombay - its finally official that part of the reason for Bombay suffering such widespread devastation in the continuing rain story, is that we have snatched acres away from all the catchment

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Rediff has compiled a great list of Helpline numbers for Mumbai. I suggest you take printouts and keep them in a couple of easily accessible places around your house, office and vehicle...never know when you might need them!

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ok...this is getting really old now. This is the 6th day that the entire city has been practically shut down due to rains and their attendant problems. While it was fun and adventurous till yesterday (mostly because I was one of the fortunate ones who did not get stuck outside on the roads or in the office), now its feeling like you are under imprisonment - cant step out of the house, phone

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Its happening again....the rains have been lashing Bombay since early morning. Is this going to be a repeat telecast of Tuesday?? The weather bureau predicts approximately 57 cms rainfall for today in Bombay - this is almost 60% of what we received on Tuesday, which - at 94.4 cms - has gone down as the rainiest day in Indian history. So, if you are planning on leaving the house today, think ten

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The rains have finally taken a break and people are safely back in their houses. Its been a long ordeal for many - especially for those who had no clue where their loved ones were for almost 48 hours! There is going to be quite a bit of sky-watching for a few days now, and even the slightest hint of rains will keep on spreading panic. But considering what could have been, Bombay is back on its

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Its been a crazy 24 hours....in the last day Mumbai has experienced 94.4 centimeters of rainfall, stranding almost 150,000 people on roads or in offices, snapping communication lines (including cell phones and landline phones), shutting down all suburban and long distance train services, closing airports and literally shutting down the whole city. India's previous heaviest rainfall - 83.82

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Just got back from Kolkata...it was a short trip (only one day with a thousand meetings packed in!!) but had a great time. The city really surprised me. I think I went there after almost 20 years and was pretty taken aback not only at the level of modernity and development, but also by the wide, clean roads and amazing greenery in most parts of the city. At first glance - while driving in from

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Yippee...finally an end to the local cable operator's tyrannical dominance over the broadband. Or what they claim is broadband anyway. In case you are unaware, the government has made it amply clear that only connections which give speeds of 256 kbps and more can be termed as broadband. Most cable operators are only giving speeds of 64 kbps and calling it broadband, which is illegal. Anyway,

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You know what's the suckiest thing in the world? A friend who stabs you in the back!!Somehow I have been lucky that in all these many years I did not suffer this kind of betrayal....but yesterday somebody who I considered to be one of my closest friends backstabbed me so badly that I am going to be careful even considering forging a friendship with somebody new after this. Not only did she

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Sometimes I really wonder - how easy it would be to end it all. Just swallow a bottle of sleeping pills and its all taken care of - no more family tensions, no work worries, no money matters, no social obligations - just total calm and freedom! No, I am not doing anything, but on days like this it just seems like such a blissful way out.

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I know I said it before, but once again, here's a huge, massive apology for not posting anything for so long!! And thanks so much to all the readers who kept writing to me, pushing me to start blogging again....I promise to be far more regular from now on, so keep checking back for updates :)Its been a crazy couple of months - lots of new experiences, new things to do, new people to meet, new

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Here's a huge sorry for not having done anything on this blog since forever....and thanks a ton to everybody who's been writing in to kick my ass for an update!!!!!! Its been a full 24 days of coming to office now and, surprisingly, its sort of fun. Of course, I really miss the days when I could just roll out of bed and start working without the hassles of dressing up etc., but I am also

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Starting on one of the most challenging assignments of my career from tomorrow - as Consulting Editor on-board the India Today Lifestyle Group, handling Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, India Today Travel Plus and Design Today. Wish me luck!!!!!

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Thursday, November 25, 2004 will see the Popley Group unveil India's first Omega Exclusive Boutique at the Grand Hyatt Plaza with a fashion show followed by cocktails and dinner from 8.30 p.m. onwards. Previously only available through high end retail outlet's Popley presents the first exclusive Omega experience. The president of Omega, Mr. Stephen Urquhart will make his first visit to India

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If you did not watch Koffee with Karan tonight - its a new chat show hosted by Karan Johar - you really, really missed something. It featured Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, and was just too cute! The chemistry between Kajol, SRK and Karan is very much alive and kicking despite the lady's long sabbatical from films, and it was just one full hour of non-stop laughter! Though comparisons with Simi

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I want to live for ecstasy. Small doses, moderate loves, all half-shades, leave me cold. I like extravagance. Letters which give the postman a stiff back to carry, books which overflow from their covers, sexuality which bursts the thermometers - Anais Nin Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is really all it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...

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To kick-start the most tempting offer for all women who can hold their liquor on Thursday evening, October 21, 2004, the sensuous Bhairavi Goswami with the cool Vivan Bhatena will mix some eclectic cocktails at The Sports Bar, behind Regal at Colaba. Bhairavi and Vivan are scheduled to hold fort behind the well-stocked bar between 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. The Sports Bar will extend beers, Indian

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There is this massive hullabaloo about India becoming the global epicenter for call centers and telemarketing, so how come Indian companies are themselves completely lacking in these resources? Take ICICI Bank. Its one of the country's leading banks, but their call centers can be ghastly, to say the least. It took me 10 days just to be able to register a simple request regarding my debit card.

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Reef Watch Marine Conservation would like to invite all Bombay-ites join them on Saturday, October 2nd, in a unique initiative to start the Oceans' Cleanup Campaign, which celebrates the spirit of adopting our oceans, beaches and waterways by spending a day cleaning the seafront. This will be a symbolic cleanup of areas like the Bandra Bandstand, Carter Road,Worli, Dadar Chowpatty, Girgaum

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Had dinner at the newly opened Zenzi in Bandra yesterday night. This is the first time I tasted a fusion of French & Far Eastern cuisines, but it was worth every penny (an average meal for two, with one starter, two main course dishes, two deserts and one drink each sets you back by about Rs. 1500). Just wish they had more chicken dishes on the menu. In fact, there is quite an extensive

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Its been a crazy couple of weeks workwise...haven't managed to sleep more than 3 hours on any given day, and am feeling totally dead now. Did I hear someone say that lifestyle journalism is easy and that freelancing allows you to set your own timings????? But the funny part is that I love all this running around and working 20-hour days....would be bored to death if I was not working like this :

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 will see the official launch of Orra, a part of the Rosy Blue group, which isthe world’s largest diamond manufacturing company, with a presence spanning across fifteen countries and headquarters in New York. The launch is accompanied by a fashion show choreographed by Marc Robinson. The star of the show will be the majestic Tamarine necklace, designed by New York based

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Get ready for some hard core cricket mania, this Sunday, at the newly opened Sports Bar in Colaba (next to Regal Theater). With the India v/s Pakistan match excitement in the air, who can resist the plasma screens in a sporty bar, serving your favorite beverage, in the company of friends? The Sports Bar is a newly opened Hip and Trendy Hangout place frequented by sport lovers and corporate

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My aunt - mother's eldest sister - passed away in Delhi early this morning. In the past 10 years or so, I have just spoken to her once, because of some major arguments we had. Today I wonder if the anger and the long silence were worth it. Its just so easy to snap off relationships, but its so difficult to glue them back together again. And sometimes you just never get the chance to make amends.

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One of the only good things about the monsoons coming to an end is that the fishing boats are back on the waters in the night....there are at least a 100 twinkling lights in the sea right outside my window, and they look so amazing, so ethereal. Then there is the drama of the huge ships lying in harbour. I just want to keep drinking in the sight - don't even feel like shutting the drapes and

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Throughout Fida, Shahid Kapur's lipstick is far deeper and brighter than Kareena Kapoor's :) And Kareena Kapoor is looking terrible almost throughout the movie...Besides that, though, its a pretty good movie...different from the sloppy sweet fare that has been hitting the Indian screens for a while now. The first half of Dhoom is OK, but the second half is completely avoidable. Its just a

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Just read this by Kristen Kemp, who is a big-time freelancer based in New York: "There's no ending point in my field. When I've finished an assignment, I hope to have nine more on the horizon. If I don't have a project to begin immediately, I obsess about lining stuff up. This loop, this obligatory freelance cycle, warps the spirit. A writer may seem to have the charmed freebird schedule, but we

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I am growing restless again...I need to be doing something more than just writing now. Something a little more pro-active. Something bigger. Something different, yet which allows me to be flex my creativity and writing skills. I want a new challenge. I have no clue what this new thing would be, especially since I have no intentions of giving up my self-employed status. After four years of doing

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You know what sucks the most about freelancing?? The fact that you can give your all to a magazine, pass up terrific assignments because of your loyalty to one particular editor, work your butt off doing every conceivable thing for them, and in the end if there is a situation where they have to choose between you and a completely incompetant staffer, they will always choose the latter. It hurts -

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It's been a tumultous weekend - with a lot of old ghosts that keep coming back to haunt at the most unexpected times. I once read somewhere that if someone hurts you and you keep thinking of it and feeling bad about it, you are giving them the power to continue hurting you endlessly. So you should cut them out of your life completely. But that's easier said than done, isn't it? Right now I just

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Today has been one of the most shitty days that I have faced in recent memory. Have been surviving on less than three hours of sleep everyday since the past week, finishing this major project for the India Today Group...and then woke up today morning to find that my broadband is not working! Needed broadband desperately because submitting the project required uploading eight pictures of more than

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Two publications are on the lookout for good freelancers. One is a national newspaper based in Southern India, which is basically looking for writers/reporters for their features sections. This is a great opportunity for beginners and those who are freelancing part time or looking to build their portfolios. Pay is decent, approx. Rs. 750-1000 per 800 words. The other is an international magazine

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Relief Riders International (RRI) has announced its inaugural adventure ride through the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. Beginning on October 22, 2004, a maximum of 15 riders will travel on horseback through rural India's unforgettable landscape delivering food, medical supplies and medical care, and goats to five remote villages. Relief Riders International offers participants not only an

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Yesterday was one of my closest friend's birthday...she is in the US and I could not call her because all the ISD and STD lines in my area were wrecked after the phone box got waterlogged in the morning rains. And by the time I realized this it was close to midnight, and could not go elsewhere to call. Hope the problem will be sorted out by today.... Lately it seems that all the people I really

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It was pouring cats 'n dogs in the morning today...not like the polite 10-minute showers that we have been having for the past couple of weeks, but an all out deluge. And I loved every minute of it. There is just something so special about Bombay in the rains, especially if you are watching it across the seafront. The only terrible thing was that somehow the traffic got choked all across the

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Am sourcing houses for the interior design section of Good Housekeeping, which is to be launched in India in September 2004. This is not about the designer houses - will be showcasing warm, do-able, "real" houses, which have not been done up by designers, but by the residents themselves. Not looking for grand mansions either. Just well put together houses, that look good and show aesthetic use of

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Just finished reading the latest novel in the Shopaholic series - Shopaholic & Sister - and totally loved it like all of Sophie Kinsella's other books. Totally identify myself with Becky Bloomwood, whose ideal lifestyle and love of designer labels is so far in excess of her earning capacity that she is perpetually overdrawn on her bank account and has these humungous credit card outstandings...

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Recognize this place? Its a century-old drawing of what is currently one of Bombay's most popular localities. Its right in the heart of the city. Can you guess where??

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Was driving down to Worli late in the night a couple of days ago, and almost hit this madwomen who was walking right in the middle of the Kemps Corner bridge, twirling her hair. It was pouring cats and dogs and she was strolling along, completely regardless of all the cars speeding by in practically no-visibility conditions, just managing to miss hitting her by mere millimeters. She was so

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Nawab Saheb – the Indian speciality restaurant at the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel - celebrates Rajasthan, the barren desert land known for its gay abandon, vibrant colours and renowned cuisine. Experience the irresistible food saga and an enchanting live entertainment from 6th to 22nd August, 2004 from 7 pm to 11 pm. Rajasthani cuisine is a gastronomical confluence of two different eras. While the

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Am back in Bombay and it feels great. Its been pouring cats, dogs 'n elephants and the weather is just so beautiful and romantic and refreshing :) I love being back in my bedroom, right on the edge of the sea when the waters are so stormy and gray. The loveliest part of Singapore was staying at the legendary Raffles Hotel, but more on that later...have to go unpack just now before everything

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Two stunning bits of news from back home in Bombay - one great and hard-worked for, the other terrible and deeply shocking! The good news first - Bombay will soon have its own 100-car vintage car museum. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation is converting the space below flyovers into museums, with two flyovers in Mahim and Vakola taking the lead. Mahim will have a museum of vintage

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Singapore is EXPENSIVE! Haven't bought anything (at least according to my standards) and have blown all my money. Am actually starting to miss Bombay now....much as I love travelling, somehow home is always the place I end up longing for. Everytime I look at the harbour here it reminds me of the view from my bedroom window in Bombay. In these last two weeks have experienced every kind of

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I am in Singapore, which should hopefully explain any updates on the blog since the past few days :)   Singapore is a  pretty good city, though I haven't really seen too much of it yet. Been having a different kind of experience here - for the first  few days am on assignment with a foreign budget travel magazine, and have to write a feature on living in Singapore on less than US$ 30 per day.

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One of the most fun parts of freelancing is that you don't know just what you will be doing next....on Sunday morning I was traipsing down to Juhu to take Kajol's measurements for a photo shoot and in the evening I was walking around the historic part of Ballard Estate with a famous British architect-cum-historian, researching the beautiful old buildings for a travel and design feature. I dont

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