Tag Archives: Mumbai

India’s middle class wants a Ready, Set, Go! democracy

August 30, 2011 – 7:37 pm

by Sumaa Tekur When 74-year-old Indian social activist Kisan Baburao “Anna” Hazare broke his 13-day fast on Sunday, there were cheers of victory across the country. The people were celebrating not only Anna’s success, but the power of collective will. Anna led an anti-corruption movement demanding that Parliament pass the Jan Lokpal Bill (citizens’ ombudsman […]

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Food minister launches campaign against food wastage at big weddings

August 9, 2011 – 3:21 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Overflowing wedding buffets have raised the ire of Food Minister KV Thomas. A committee established by him will organise a public awareness campaign about food wastage, through the media and outreach to schools and social organisations. If the campaign does not work, the committee may consider imposing a rule on […]

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IT’S RAINING HOPE THIS MONSOON SEASON

June 7, 2011 – 12:57 pm

by Sumaa Tekur The early arrival of the monsoon in India this year has rattled some bookies, especially those who placed their bets based on official information from the weather office. It rained only three days ahead of the forecast date, but with Rs 5,000 crore ($1 billion) riding on the monsoon prediction in Mumbai […]

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Wedding-themed café puts event-planning on the menu

June 2, 2011 – 11:56 am

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING The Wedding Café and Lounge, a new entrant in Mumbai’s vibrant café scene, is neither café nor lounge in its ambience, but a first-of-its-kind fine-dining restaurant that offers a guide to wedding-planning services along with its meals. The decor of the wedding-themed wine-and-dine destination is all-white highlighted by pink and gilt. Its USP is […]

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Tata Star Bazaar keeps hypermarket open till midnight to help busy employees

March 17, 2011 – 8:48 am

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING Shopaholics in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb now have more time to shop. No, they’re not spending any less time at work. The local hypermaket, Tata Star Bazaar, is staying open till midnight, giving them the option to relax and shop, and not make a dash for the billing counter (Hindustan Times, […]

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Consumers turn to group buying to manage household budgets

March 10, 2011 – 11:51 am

by Priyadarshini Narendra WHAT’S HAPPENING Food inflation has been a bugbear for Indian consumers for the past couple of years. With food and grocery items accounting for as much as 30% of the household budget even in middle-class families, consumers are hard-pressed to manage within their means. As a jugaad (makeshift) solution, consumers are banding together, […]

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One World Night helps Mumbai’s expats connect

February 17, 2011 – 2:28 pm

by Rohini Haldea WHAT’S HAPPENING The expatriate crowd in Mumbai now has a cure for its homesickness. Shiro, a tony midtown nightclub, has launched its One World Expat Evenings. (MissMalini.com, 20 December 2010) Hosted on the first Thursday of every month, the evenings serve as a common ground for the city’s foreign residents to network […]

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From the boardroom to the classroom: Professionals are teaching young India

February 3, 2011 – 10:29 am

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING Highly qualified professionals from Mumbai are increasingly giving up cushy jobs to teach at municipal schools. They are trading the substantial paychecks and perks of working with MNCs for the emotional satisfaction of giving back to society by educating kids at local, government-run schools. The citizen-led ‘Teach For India’ project encourages professionals to […]

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3-D party: A new dimension to Mumbai’s clubbing scene

February 3, 2011 – 10:24 am

by Rohini Haldea WHAT’S HAPPENING Trilogy, the nightclub at Hotel Sea Princess in Mumbai, recently hosted what was touted as India’s first 3-D party (MissMalini.com, 2 December 2010). Referred to as the Tron 3-D party, the event celebrated the release of the American sci-fi film, Tron: Legacy. Those on the dance floor sported cardboard 3-D […]

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Mumbai’s slum kids train to be bal doctors

December 15, 2010 – 4:26 pm

by Rohini Haldea WHAT’S HAPPENING Mumbai’s bal doctor programme is training slum children to administer first aid and handle medical crises. The initiative is run by Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), and has trained 676 bal doctors across 34 slums since 2000 (Hindustan Times, 15 November 2010). The kids can identify symptoms of […]

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