SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

PEPPY  in Capital. This ' Shortcut Safaari '  was  Peppiest , cause we the bloggers were invited by one of the  Peppiest  Blogger,  Riddhi Sharma .  Till the day before, I was not sure whether I would be able to join the ' Shortcut Safaari ' due to my ill-health. But Riddhi's  Peppiness  was infectious, she perked me up. Have a look, how  Peppy , the ' Shortcut Safaari'  was! ... Full on  Peppy -Masti with the well-mannered kids ( they called us Didi, instead of Aunty ), that too in the Secret Jungle of Mumbai.  Well, by now you must be wondering Safaari is fine but what's this Shortcut, and in quote?.  ' Shortcut Safaari ' trails through  BNHS  ( Bombay Natural History Society ) Goregaon with city kids was conceptualized by  Cinematographer turned Director  Amitabha Singh .     ' Shortcut Safaari ' team  organized a  Peppy  trip for children from Nehru...

Fantástico is a Spanish word for 'Fantastic'. Fantástico is used when something is REALLY great. Just like this lavish, grand bouquet  #madeofgreat beauty. Dudes and Dolls, I am sure all of you are Dressed up and raring to enjoy   #ValentineFever .   B ut ...  are you really, truly, totally Decked up for the D-day?. Are you sure, you are Smelling Sweet and not Sweat?. Worry not. Oriflame has launched two Fantastico perfumes just for you Two , ' So Fever Her ' and ' So Fever Him '. You can check them out here ...  Oriflame Website  ,  Oriflame Twitter  ,  Oriflame Facebook  and buy only after reading this Fantastico review. What I love the most about Oriflame is their Fantastico packaging . First impression counts and how! Trust me and see it with your own eyes, smell it with your own noses .... sorry kidding.  Here... The sturdy, white outer box, the bubble wrap ( w...

                                                       Charmi Shah’s ‘Coast Of Style’ Debut Collection Launched Amidst Celebrities Hyatt Regency , Mumbai was resplendent in an elegant setting on 5th February, as  Gen Next Designer  Charmi Shah  made  Fantastico  debut with her collection ‘ Côte du Style ’  . Charmi showcased 32 of her Fantastico designs from her first set of collection ‘Côte d'Azur’ inspired by the French Indian art work on the ramp. Apart from Manasvi as the showstopper, the guest list had television actors like Ritwik Dhanjani, Nandish Sandhu, Mrunal Jain as the front row guests celebrating this young budding designer. Actress Ankita Shrivastav, Shaad Randhawa and Aslam khan also attended this event and everyone was in awe of Charmi’s  Fantastico  collection. Char...

The gang of Five Girls ( Tina , Jelly , Nandu , Anu and I )  studying in 9th standard is bestowed the title of "PANDAV" in one of the strictest Mumbai - schools.... Want to know how Peppy the Pandav-group is ? Read on... "I am bored to the death " - Tina the leader of Pandav group. " Say something new. You are always bored to the death " - I . " OK. The News is , I m "Monday - bored" . - Tina . " I wanted to bring yesterday's leftover mutton-curry in lunch-box but Aai said - No. No eating mutton on Monday . Mutton in school never . Aai has kept the mutton-curry in the fridge , which is allowed to be eaten only on Wednesday " - Tina " What non-sense rules we have . Non-veg only on Sundays , Wednesdays and Fridays , cause all other days are god's days . Does it mean that Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays are Demon's days ?" - Nandu . Nandu is the only rational thinker among us , while other...

"I can not travel by the boat. I will be very, very sick. Let's return", cried one of our friend. We were standing at the Gorai Jetty but she did not allow us to buy the boat-tickets. We returned satisfying ourselves, with just the glimpse of the majestic Global Vipassana Pagoda . The impact of that golden glimpse was so strong that I vowed to visit it at the earliest. That was exactly an year ago, 1st January 2015.  Since then, I was craving to visit that grand Golden Pagoda. We were at my sister's home in Borivali to celebrate the new year. My sister suggested, "Let's go to Ganpati Mandir and begin our new year auspiciously with God's blessings". I added, "Yes, let's go to Global Vipassana Pagoda and pray". My nephew finalized with "You both want God's blessings. I and Aditai want boat-ride, Mamma and Papa want all of us to be happy. So let's go to the Global Pagoda by boat". That's India...

The year was 2009; the aam-junta was still busy scrapping on Orkut . I too had an Orkut account but I was more committed to my Blogger Account, ‘Spirit of Mumbai’. After receiving a prize for a blog post, ‘Amchi Mumbai’, I posted the photograph of my prized Chopper-ride on Facebook . And it turned me in to a celebrity overnight... Such is a strong and instant impact of Social Media. Facebook was a novelty then. Most FaceBook_DPs boasted of fancy cars while my DP showed-off a ritzy Helicopter Raven in its full glory, ready to take off at Juhu's Pavan Hans Aerodrome. I was bombarded with Friends-requests and queries regarding the Chopper-ride. Suddenly I was having more than 1000 FB-friends, who were active in various extra-curricular activities. The most fascinating and challenging extra-curricular activity, I loved on Facebook was the Contest. These online contests conducted by various prestigious organizations challenged the creativity, general knowledge, technical knowle...

"Tomorrow's breaking news will feature our friends' spicy bytes, family members' teary mugs and our dead bodies. I will be looking uber cool in BeBe sweatshirt, Calvin Klein jeans and Nike sneakers. But what about you, a fashion street junkie?. I hope they won't focus too much on your zits". : my girlfriend is loudmouthed plus pretty face. According to her I am Peppy but Zitsy-faced. "Zits ? What's that ?" I asked . "pimples" she answered and continued "and what if they get hold of your antique wallet?. Will your wallet be an Exhibit A?. No credit card, not even an ATM card. What a shame it will be to be written off as your girlfriend on the front page of tomorrow's newspapers". I had to hear all this and much more bakwaas when I asked my hep girlfriend " Tuze Aksa beach ghooma doo ... aa chalti kya ? ". OK, fine. So I am this lower middle class boy from Khar. Did you ask "Where's that ...