By Piyushi Dhir
Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 8[This is the eighth in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Once the rains gave way to an unbelievably hot October, it became conceivable to consider going out for regular walks and jogs without having to pull out one’s umbrella every few minutes. While jogging has always been […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 7[This is the seventh in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Living in the Crime Capital of India aka Gurgaon definitely taught me to value the safe freedom Mumbai has to offer. I am not kidding when I say that during the two years I lived in Gurgaon, […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 6[This is the sixth in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Life gradually settled into a rhythm: lazy mornings with tea, days spent at office, evening walks at Bandstand, some cooking and a peaceful evening with a book in hand. The only nuisance in my otherwise serene existence […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 5[This is the fifth in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Having satisfied myself with the interiors of my new home, I began investigating the exteriors. The building, I realized lay in a Christian dominated area with a large smattering of Muslim population. The average lower middle class […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 4[This is the fourth in a series of blogs about Mumbai]As our honeymoon period at Trident began approaching its end, we launched into a desperate hunt for roofs over our heads. While all my fellow colleagues paired up in twos and threes to share the joys of […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 3[This is the third in a series of blogs about Mumbai]In my early days at Mumbai, I learnt that living and navigating in this city was largely about the ‘East’ and the ‘West’. Try asking an Auto wallah if he’ll go to Bandra and pat comes the […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 2[This is the second in a series of blogs about Mumbai]My first six weeks in Mumbai were spent in the cocooned world of The Trident across my office. In typical corporate style, we were housed in great luxury during the ‘honeymoon period’ of our new jobs, when […]
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Mumbai from the Eyes of a Delhite: Part 1[This is the first in a series of blogs about Mumbai]Despite spending the first two decades of my life hopping from the dense forests of Assam to the cool climes of Wellington, from the deserts of Jodhpur to the quiet locale of Udhampur and even the metropolitan […]
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As India celebrates its 69th Independence Day, I am sitting one continent away in a country many people haven’t even heard about: Cote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast. So when I was told that all Indians in Ivory Coast have been invited to the Indian Ambassador’s house on the morning of 15th August, I knew that […]
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