http://www.manfrommatunga.com/ Of Angst, Peeves and Pleasures en-us 2006-12-13T11:19:15+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000079.html This has appeared in today's Mumbai Mirror. Expresso in my childhood days meant a frothy coffee with milk, halfway between a cappuccino and latte, that used to be served in movie halls and theatres. At home too, this was made... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-12-13T11:19:15+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000078.html This has been published today in the Mumbai Mirror. I am still trying to recover from a shock I received last Sunday, which I still can’t stop talking about and really need to put in words as well. We had... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-12-03T10:52:42+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000077.html This is in today's Mumbai Mirror. Bouncing in the Jumping Jack/Moonwalker – Rs 10. Getting tattoos painted – Rs. 25. Swinging wildly on free swings – Priceless. Young children are really funny. You can get them expensive toys, gift them... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-11-26T12:54:00+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000076.html This appeared in today's Mumbai Mirror. As Matunga becomes more and more crowded, with the insane increase in high-rises and cars, traffic is getting to be completely chaotic, with an exponential increase in travel times. To understand this, let’s see... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-11-08T12:13:28+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000075.html This was in today's Mumbai Mirror. How things have changed! Just a few years ago, Diwali was all about Chopda Pujans, fire-crackers and the rounds of Saal-Mubaraks on Bestu-Varas day, to my kakas, nana-nani, mamas, etc. all of whom thankfully... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-10-26T10:58:58+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000074.html This was published in today's Mumbai Mirror. A certain percentage of reader feed-back has always focused on the frivolousness of my writing. “I am sick of your rasam-idli. Do you know the plight of those who have been scammed by... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-10-16T10:19:49+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000073.html This was published in today's Mumbai Mirror. My first memories of coffee are of drinking Mom-made, cold Nescoffee at home. Expresso in those days was the frothy hot coffee you got at fun-n-fairs, from “Expresso” machines. And black coffee, was... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-09-17T18:04:57+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000072.html This appears in today's Mumbai Mirror. The two photographs that I invariably turn to, when I am showing off Jehangir Sorabjee’s aerial photo essay of Mumbai, “Above Bombay” (photos courtesy Eminence publishers), are the ones on pages 162 & 163.... Matunga bhavinj 2006-09-08T10:54:13+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000071.html This was in today's Mumbai Mirror. On Monday night, my Mom called up to ask whether our TV was working, because all she was getting on her TV was snow. For a moment, I thought her cable had been disconnected... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-08-25T17:51:16+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000070.html This appeared in yesterday's Mumbai Mirror. A couple of weeks ago, we were returning from a “jagran”, in Bandra/Khar. Luckily, “jagrans” don’t go on through the night anymore and we were able to leave within an hour. It was a... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-08-13T08:33:03+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000069.html This was published today in the Mumbai Mirror. Three weeks ago, a close friend of mine invited me to her small house-warming party. She had moved from her house on RAK Rd in Wadala to a new tower, Dosti Elite,... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-07-28T17:13:16+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000068.html This was published in today's Mumbai Mirror. Like a lot of people, I always remember precisely what I was doing at times like these. In 1993, I remember, we were in Bombay Hospital, when the first casualties from Dalal Street... Matunga bhavinj 2006-07-19T10:51:03+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000067.html This appears in today's Mumbai Mirror. Last Sunday, despite my protests, I accompanied my family to a Sonu Nigam concert, a the Shanmukhananda Hall. Honestly, if it wasn’t the fact that the hall is a four-minutes walk from my house,... Matunga bhavinj 2006-07-09T11:00:27+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000066.html This appeared in today's Mumbai Mirror. Stanmore is a suburb in North London, where I was vacationing last month. My niece and her husband had moved into their new home just a fortnight back and still hadn’t gotten around to... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-06-16T23:19:50+05:30 http://www.manfrommatunga.com/archives/000065.html This appeared in today's Mumbai Mirror. Two Mondays back, this paper ran a hilarious story on the absence of water in the wash-rooms of some of the five-star hotels in the suburbs. Apparently, the individual concerned had filed a complaint... Mumbai Mirror Column bhavinj 2006-05-26T23:15:55+05:30