The Idea-smithy

Indiblogger hosted a blogger’s meet yesterday at Hotel Sea Princess, Juhu. It was touted as the biggest such event and I think that’s a fair claim. The event actually began a half hour late, at 2:30p.m., by which time the hall was almost completely packed. Registrations were done online by logging into the Indiblogger site. [...]

About two months back, I wrote about the exciting experience of being part of The Wall Project in Mumbai. A BMC initiative, a number of citizens turned out to beautify and place their own mark on the wall running along Tulsi Pipe Road, between Mahim and Matunga Road. Yesterday, we commenced on Phase II of [...]

Mumbai awoke this morning (for those who did manage to sleep) to reports of commandos being dropped from helicopters onto the critical locations under attack. There was also a mention that the Taj Mahal hotel was secure but that’s something we heard around midnight yesterday too and it turned out to be a hasty (and [...]

July 11, 2006. The last time I said, “See you in half an hour” and got onto a train, believing it. The last time I saw train compartments plastered with only ads for spurious products and hormonal graffitti. The last time a guy weighed down with a bag struggled to get in and I actually sympathised. [...]

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