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This was my third HouseHunt in the Maximum City, Mumbai. In the three missions I have clearly understood that Bachelorhood is not just a marital status, its a social-outcast that puts you below everyone who has joined the institution. In this city, and Pune as well (as my dear friends, tell me) WE Bachelors, or [...]

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…. Awesome, beautiful, lovely …… place you fell in love with I read in newspaper and heard from friends everything in Mumbai is cheap except taking a room/flat on rent. Even in suburbs you get very costly place for living, which cost you half in any other metro. But past two years in Mumbai is [...]

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On Sunday morning, 18-year-old Bajanjit Kaur hanged herself from the ceiling fan at her home in Powai. On Saturday morning, Dombivli resident Neha Sawant (12) was found hanging from a dupatta tied to a window in the bedroom. On Monday morning Sushant Patil (12), a Class 7 student of Shardhashram school in Dadar, was found [...]

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Durga Puja has been a festival of intrigue and great happiness. The pomp, the revelry. The gathering. And ofcourse, art and culture. All are on display here ! Check out last year ! At Powai there is this wonderful recreation of the ‘Sun Temple’ atKonark ! Here are some pictures ! All structures here are [...]

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Paying Guest. In my humble opinion, that’s an oxymoron. For guests don’t pay. Are not expected to. Never. At least that’s my belief. And generally spoken word too. What gets passed off as ‘PG’ accommodation these days can be best called a hostel in most cases. Perhaps ‘Paying Guest’ perhaps gives a ring of graduation [...]

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Hi Friends, I’m back! This week I have an easy assignment, but it’s great fun. Last time I signed off saying we’ll make another lamp. Hey, let’s keep that for later. Let us not overdose on lamps and other lighted objects! ADVERTISEMENT So I was on a fruit and fruit juice diet, it being summer [...]

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BMC ki jaye ho! Did anyone know you can walk into the BMC office and get multiple copies of the Birth Certificates in 15 minutes! I just did that…still trying to believe this is true…so probably things are improving after all

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I’m no stranger to Powai. My best friend has been living here since ’93, so I have seen this township morph from a village in the Boondocks of Bombay to the most happening place in Mumbai- and dare I say, India, today. Come May and I too will be a proud resident of Lake Homes [...]

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Summertime means long days of sunshine, tall glasses of chilled nimbupani, and the shrieks of kids playing all afternoon- thanks to vacations. Summer is a great time for kids but a bit of a bother for parents- mommies especially. “How does one keep the brats busy and out of trouble, and out of my hair!” [...]

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POSTED BY AMITABH ADVERTISEMENT The more I think, the more I am convinced that this drummed up hype of “Jaagofying andvoting” is clearly a case of “brainless brawn”. I realize that I might be appearing un-patriotic, and irresponsible, but then “appearances be damned”, I guess I have the right to an opinion. (Guys keep the [...]

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Article by Puneet (in the tone of Dilliii 6) Basti hai mastano ki Mumbaiii Gali hai deewano ki Mumbaiii – 76

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What has been the role of our NGOs and the handful of environmentalists who are now screaming themselves hoarse that Government has failed to protect environment and caused the suffering to the common man experienced during the floods by it’s acts of omission and commission? We need to re think their role seriously.

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By arzan sam wadia The renowned site where Powai Lake stands known as Framaji Kavasji was Powai Estate. It was in 1890 that the Britishers dug out the lake at a cost of Rs 6.5 lacs which was given to one Dr Scott in 1799 on payment of yearly rent of Rs 3,200. After Dr [...]

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  chillibreeze writer — Gayathri Thakoor Circa 1988. Powai, a small green dot in the Bhandup suburb of Mumbai, was known for just a couple of things: the prestigious IIT campus and the tranquil Powai lake! And add a dash of hills, dense bushes and pasture land, and lo! That was a jungle called `Powai’! [...]

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There was a very enthusiastic participation for this morning's Mumbai Bird Club's BirdWalk at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Powai. Our passionate birder, S…, led us through the leafy campus and along the lake for a very enjoyable birding lasting over three and half hours. It was also heartening to see so many [...]

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Okay. I don’t like Hafeez, and it’s got nothing to do with his beauty or hairline(or the lack of it). For the uninitiated Hafeez Contractor is one of India’s highest paid Architects. Ever. Hafeez has done a lot of work in Mumbai and everywhere else. The thing with Hafeez is that regardless of the setting [...]

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