Her dad’s dreamHe didn’t tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it,” said 19th century American writer Clarence Budington Kelland about his father.
June 18, 2009
Healthy street food, anyone?With the impending monsoons, the civic authorities have taken up the hygiene cudgel and are set to dislodge more than a lakh people hawking food on the roads
June 13, 2009
The mother of a million babies!Mumbai’s civic hospitals need doughty philanthropists like Dr Armida Fernandez to revolutionise hygiene norms.
June 5, 2009
Maximum mush, decaying cityWhat is happening to Air France? These days, it seems that the very sight of Indians sets off a frisson of disgust and stirs cruelty in the airline’s staff.
May 30, 2009
Sweat to succeedIt was only yesterday that I was having this long-winding discussion with my daughter on how hard work unfailingly yields fruits.
May 28, 2009
Inept planning proves to be Mumbai’s baneMumbai isn’t sleeping any more. It never did, as the adage goes. Only now the wink-less insomnia has been inflicted by inept civic planners.
May 23, 2009
I can, I willI have an uncanny fascination for this four-letter word, WILL. The word signifies tremendous positive energy
May 21, 2009
Hail lobbying in civic missionsLet Lalbaug and Peddar Road set a benchmark for speedy completion of projects.
May 16, 2009
Small measuresSome days ago, I came across such a man, a bubbly self-employed 23-year-old who goes by the name of Nandan Pandya
May 14, 2009
Damn carwallahs, trains are betterI am a die-hard road commuter. This week when the city’s two main motorways were blocked, I decided to revert to old favourite: the Mumbai suburban train.
May 9, 2009
Never say dieAlmost 40 years later, burdened with that much more maturity, I might as well assume my father’s role to convey his message
May 7, 2009
Why middle class hid the middle fingerAs I submitted in a recent column, even if all eligible voters from the middle class cast their votes, their influence on the outcome would have been minimal.
May 1, 2009
How we’re killing Meera Sanyal’s candidacyAnd you know what? You deserve the amoral netas who bribe to win.
April 25, 2009
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