By Elsie Gabriel. She is a Green Diva alright! As I watched her cook with such ease and expertise, sprinkling her culinary artistry with such spicy conversation and narrations, about her world travels and vegetarians stories, she surely enlightened taste buds as well as minds! Food lovers gathered to pay tribute to the celebrated chef Ritu Dalmia at Rushina Ghildiyals …
By Kasturi Borkotoki It’s been two days since I watched Violinist Sunita Bhuyan perform on Stage in the Mumbai Book Fair in Powai, but the feeling of exhilaration is still there! Power and passion are the two words that can perhaps only remotely do justice to Sunita’s performance as she romanced the violin, taking the audience through a beautiful musical …
By Anuradha W. Ramachandran At my age, I don’t get invited to many exciting events. Being a mother of two boys is a nonstop roller-coaster ride, some would say! While I love my kids, I need to maintain my sanity and repair my frayed nerves. I do that by seeking succour at parties with friends or the occasional art, music or …
Powai was witness to yet another first last evening - a Wine tasting session ! As a part of their tenth anniversary celebrations,
Oblivious to the surrounding serpentine traffic, anglers on Powai lake patiently bait game, and peace of mind.As Ali H Husaini, ace angler, paddles his boat down Powai lake you expect the boat to melt in the lead and mercury poisoned waters or a crocodile to jump up and drag him into its oxygen-depleted-depths. After all, all you hear about this …
Another first for Powai – Theatre !!! Out Of The Blue couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate day or time – 5 pm on a Sunday evening, when people are generally done with socializing & eating out , a time to recharge your batteries for another week of hard work. Luckily, I had no plans and was looking forward to …
Well this is a small list of Hot Spots that I discovered during my days in Hiranandani…First things first, this is not a food review article, hence please don’t take my word for any restaurant or food item as final unless you’ve tasted it yourself and have the same sentiments. As you all know that I’m a Big-Time Foodie, I’ve …
Powai played host to it’s first ever stand up comedy on16TH SEPTEMBER, 2011, thanks to the newly opened restaurant, Out of the Blue. It felt quite strange to dress up & walk down the road in my stilettos ( an accessory i usually reserve for the more sophisticated clubs outside Powai) to Haiko but then what can i say Powai …
Off Art? KFC – Oil on Canvas Board 30 x 40 cms Output of an early sunday morning exercise. KFC Hiranandani, Powai. Done on the spot. I painted from the opposite street, and luckily found a ready made easel for me , in the form of an ornate pillar, so much a part of the Grecian architechture there!I could easily spread …
Sometimes, the battle against corruption begins at our doorstep. Corruption is not confined to the government; abuse of authority is rampant even in civil society bodies such as cooperative housing societies. Accountability, transparency and fair play is often missing in Lions and Rotary Clubs, cricket and badminton clubs, chambers of commerce, trade associations, NGOs, cooperative banks, schools and hospitals run …
Since last six years we are residing in Mumbai. Our first destination was Powai, Mumbai. Since then we have been living here in Powai. My wife is persuading me for quite some time for a suitable flat for ourselves here in Mumbai but in line with my capacity the flats are available in the places like Ghodebunder , Dombivili , …
I am on a emailing list of an activitist by the name of Mr. Krishnaraj Rao, below I have copy pasted a email received from him today, I think its a good information to know. His email starts below… My colleague G R Vora is a civic activist of long standing. He has been interacting with the Mumbai’s Municipal Corporation …
Today Powai resident Retired Commander Sanjeev Saikia shares with us one of the simple pleasure of his life here in Powai -- the birds who visit his house. He says: We all are so busy with our day to day life in Powai, that we hardly get any time to enjoy the small gifts of the nature/ god which are around us.
Article by Sir Ignoramus. I read a hilarious news piece and it would be injustice if I did not put it here. A crocodile carcass has been floating in the Powai Lake for more than three days, allegedly because municipal and forest authorities expected each other to remove it.
They described it at as a leafy and peaceful suburb, far from the madding crowd. It went by the name of Powai, back then, known only for its eponymous lake and as the location of the prestigious IIT Powai. It was the place SOBO schools took their kids for their annual picnic. It was a picturesque suburb dotted with a …
Restoring Serenity-on Powai lake an article by Aruna Thosar – Dixit, PRO, IIT Bombay (1986-2007)wrote for IIT’s mag Raintree. The Powai Lake was integral to the life of every campus resident; like a leitmotiv surfacing again and again. Toddlers playing on the green slopes of the guest house lawn while mothers or grand parents or the occasional dad, sat and …
R-city, the newest mall to dot the otherwise banal landscape of Ghatkopar is a place that lives up to its name – it is a city, in fact a world in itself. Its arrival is a boon to the entertainment starved Powai resident and has significantly reduced his/her trips to Mulund and Bandra to fulfil these needs. It wouldn’t be …
Miss Mumbai experience- The journey It all started with reading the advertisement, “Kaun Banegi Miss Mumbai 2009” in DNA newspaper . Had about four auditions to reach the final 20 who would compete for the three main titles 1. Miss Mumbai 2. Miss covergirl 3. Miss hottie The grooming sessions were filled with fun and enthusiasm , every day giving …
The lake-side was clogged with water hyacinth and rafts of it drifted gently further out in the lake. The rafts made good floating islands for the birds and straight away I could see communities on each one. On the first, a Little Egret fished while a Bronze Jacana picked among the hyacinth. Close in there were a few Indian Pond …
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 Singletons, or Unmarried souls are …
…. 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 like living in heaven called …
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 hanging in the school toilet. …
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 made out of Plaster, thermocol …
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 to the professional world. Hostels …
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! So I was on a fruit and fruit juice diet, it being summer and all. I just can’t seem …
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
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 Powai. So when Manoj, editor …
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!” is the question uppermost in …
POSTED BY AMITABH 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 hate mail coming…I am sure “The …
