Hindustan Times
Why is it that in Mumbai:-
Sandwiches are served with tomato ketchup and a weird green sauce.
Mumbaikars say (and write) ‘thrice’ and not ‘three times.’ Read more
(24 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged Barista, beaurocracy, home deposits, Mumbai, Mumbaikars, Ngo, Rickshaws, taxis
When I was 19, in the 1990s I dated this English guy who had had been to India.
Up to that point I had travelled to Europe and the US, but had not been anywhere considered ‘exotic’.
Yet, on our dates, he used to keep me riveted with his tales of India, wandering around in a lungi, living in a hut in the Himalayas and in a guest house in Paharganj. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged backpackers, backpacking, foreigners, India, paharganj
Mumbai nightlife is getting very exciting. I have always said the two best things about this city are the nightlife and Bollywood. And it is being proved true yet again.
This weekend India’s first ice bar opens up in Oshiwara, Andheri west, Mumbai, opposite the Mega Mall. Read more
(13 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged 21 Fahrenheit, Absolut Ice Bar, Andheri west, Bollywood, Bollywood celebrities, Chill Out Ice Bar, cocktails, JW Marriott Hotel, Kashmiri Food Festival, minus 6 degrees Celsius, Mumbai, nightlife, Oshiwara, Sharaf Group
I had the pleasure of seeing a couple of movies at the Mumbai Film Festival organised by MAMI at the weekend.
Well, I say pleasure….in fact, one film was atrocious and the other was groundbreaking and amazing. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged British Asian, British people, hindustan times, MAMI, Mumbai Film Festiva
