SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

'Pahela Nashaa ... Pahela Khoomar ... Nayaa  Blogger hain ... Nayaa Intezaar ' my feelings were verbatim, when I reached 'The Leela' for my 1st IndiBlogger meet. The very 1st IndiBlogger I met was Sabeeha, whose nanee stays in Karachi-Pakistan. What a marvellous coincidence! We bonded at the loo without glue , while chatting about our blogs. Registration followed by lunch, which comprised various Indian and Continental delicacies. The salads were decorated in such a magnificient style that I did not dare to touch it , for the fear of spoiling it's delightful beauty. The sumptious lunch engergized us for the Indi-Mayhem...  The debate between  Mumbai  and Delhi Bloggers zoomed in top gear , within a few minutes. The topics were HOT , literally as in 'Which city has HOT men ' ,  ' Which city has best public transport ' , 'Which city has best weather ' and ' Which city has best street-food' . You may want to know , who ( ...

Being Mumbaikar . . . Sundays were working days when I was working as a sub editor/ reporter for SAAMANA. It was sunday, around 7pm., I was going towards Elphinston station with my 96k colleague. What's this 96 k ? You might wonder. "Shahannav Kulhi = 96 K' is the acronym for the subsect in Maharashtrian Kshatriya ( Warrior ) community . What's unique about 96K is that it's almost always been the ruling community in Maharastra. Vasantdada Patil, Babasaheb Bhosale, Shankarrao Chavan , Sharad Pawar , Narayan Rane and the present Vilasrao Deshmukh almost all the chief ministers and many of the cabinet ministers of Maharashtra are 96K.   Now back to Bhatankar Road, which goes from Nagu Sayaji wadi to Elphinston Station. My 96K colleague pinched my arm and screamed "Hey look". As we were crossing the road , I was busy looking right and left for the speeding vehicles. My colleague pointed in front of the footware stall. My eyes followed her direction....

MUMBAI celebrates 'HT NO TV DAY' with Hindustan Times                          Why This NoTv  NoTv  NoTv  HT ?                                      HT has made a Plan ,                                   Super Plan , Duper Plan                                          Time Perfect.      ...

Celebrate Cinema with Whistling Woods # CelebrateCinema attracted me to FilmCity-Goregaon like a bee to the honey-pot. At Whistling Woods ( Film-City ) there were all kind of bees to gather modern / high-tech, albeit sweet nectar from the numerous Media / Cinema / Art related workshops , on 17th and 18th May. The campus of Whistling Woods , FilmCity , Goregaon is majestically inviting . First and Foremost , I must thank Whistling Woods , for magnetising me to the gigantic FilmCity with #CelebrateCinema . I am a Goregaonkar since birth so everybody expected me to be a regular at World-famous FilmCity. But the biggest irony is that , I had never visited the FilmCity , till date , till Whistling Woods organised CelebrateCinema with such hi-fi events , panel discussion , master classes for different streams. The Advertising workshop conducted by noted AdFilm Director Vishnu Sir , enabled us 3 batches ( 5 students each ) to make a full-bodied ( BrandName ,...

Dunkin Donuts Mumbai Launch Social media , both Facebook and Twitter were abuzz with Mumbai launch of Dunkin Donuts at Khar & Kurla , for more than a month. There were unique contests for the Mumbai launch. The winners were awarded the Group-parties at the Dunkin Donuts outlets . This image is copied from Google  

The  Edutainment  Show  2014 The Education +  Entertainment  theme  welcome the youth at the very entrance of  ' The  Edutainment  Show  2014 ' in the form of a Story telling car - installation art . Once the youth got enchanted with the Car-story , next the  ' Spin - n - Win ' wheel set the momentum of   ' The Edutainment Show ' Many young students won assorted prizes and kept browsing various  informative  /  educative booths  of  Ecole Intuit. Lab   ,   Whistling  Woods  International   , Neeta  Lulla  School  of Fashion  ,  ' I S D I -  Parsons '  (  lots of  aspirants  seen flaunting their  Eco-friendly  zolas , with  Mumbai logo )   ,   Laureate  Design  ,  ITM  ,  Annapurna - ISFM ,  Mod'Art Inte...

Starwood Careers Day @Westin Garden City - Mumbai The Guest Relations Executives in uber-cool black t-shirts and blue jeans greeted us with dazzling smiles at the very entrance of Westin-Garden city-Mumbai. At 9 a.m. sharp on Friday morning , the registration kiosks were houseful with career-aspirants eager to join the esteemed Starwood Asia-Pasific. Once the registration was done , the candidates were treated to assorted coffees / Veg cheese grill sandwitches / Chickem patties / Veg Patties etc. in the lobby. The lobby was transformed into entertainment zone , full of video-games , dart board , wi-fi-laptops to give the feel of Starwood's great tradition of hospitality. The rejuveneted candidates then made the beeline for inauguration ceremony on the cool green outdoors. The Inauguration ceremony made the atmosphere all starry , sparkling for the hopeful candidates.  The glamour of the Starwood still glittering on their crisp business sui...