Mumbai Traffic – Taglines

As I get out of a 1.20 hours rickshaw ride and put my heart from my mouth back in its rightful place I start to wonder what would be some good taglines for Mumbai traffic. I thought of a few and so here they are. Feel free to add to …

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Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan….

Starting this thread to document some of the idiosyncrasies about Mumbai w.r.t shopping and other things to do. 1) Nirmal-Lifestyle Mall in Mulund: They have a huge open space around which there are various shops. The theme in the open space is “Space”. They have huge planets hanging from the …

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HongKong Airport – A nice place to spend time

[photopress:hkairport1.jpg,thumb,centered] We had a 8 hour halt at HK airport on the way to Mumbai and I must say that the HK airport is really beginning to stand out as a airport in terms of the services that it offers. [photopress:hkairport2.jpg,thumb,centered] This time around we noticed an airplane model which …

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Honourable Men

“One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?” The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he needed the axe to …

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Shopping for India

Probably a bit late but we still have 2 days of the weekend. :-). With India rising economically and malls opening up there its getting harder and harder to find things from here (USA) to take to India which are not available there. Any favorite things that you know of …

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Refried Beans and Mexican Rice

Simple one for homemade refried bean… 3 cups Rajma, Oil Taco Seasoning Corn 1 Onion thinly sliced 1 Tomato finely chopped 1 cup Tomato Ketchup 2-3 Tbsp Green Chilli Sauce (Depends on your spice level) Salt 1) Soak Rajma overnite 2) Add some salt and Pressure Cook it. 3) Remove …

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