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Mumbai has great shopping: clothing, jewelry, furniture, fabrics, books, you name it. And, of course, there are great bargains to be found if you know where to look. The one thing I really admire about the culture here, at least with respect to women’s clothing, is that you’ll never see two women wearing the same…
Good news. You don’t have to go all the way down to Goa to find swimmable waters and clean beaches. Maharashtra’s Konkan Coast has some surprisingly nice beaches, too. Faced with a long weekend, Anthony and I were desperate to get out of town for a little R&R. Not that I wouldn’t have minded chilling…
Alas, the Yankees couldn’t pull it off against the Red Sox last night, er, this morning. So, the only thing that could possibly soften the blow of a Yanks loss is…a day off of work. Woohoo! Tomorrow is Dussehra here in India and it’s a national holiday. So, two four-day weeks in a row..and Diwali…
The huge news over here today is the demise of Veerappan, one of India’s most-wanted bandits. His stock-in-trade was endangered animal byproducts and sandalwood. (Only in India would someone make a name for himself smuggling sandalwood–does anyone born after 1960 actually like the smell of that stuff?) And, though he murdered dozens of people over…
I understand that some of you are under the impression that I’m in some exotic, beachfront paradise. Some of you have seen pics of us on the beach and have wondered why we’re not in our swimsuits. Let me tell you this…Bombay Ain’t Rio. I like to call Bombay a big tease. There are so…
I just got the October issue of Vogue and there’s a ton of stuff in there about Bollywood. Most notably, there’s mention of “Bride and Prejudice,” the new movie from Gurinder Chadha (the director of “Bend It Like Beckham”). The film comes out in L.A. and NYC on Christmas Day, but it just had its…
We had the day off on Monday, so decided to take a day trip to Lonavala, site of some hill stations and the ancient Buddhist Karla Caves. Located about two hours outside of the city, Lonavala is for city folk one of the favorite weekend R&R points. So a trip on Monday was ideal; it…
Apparently, I’ve been spending way too much time in front of the computer, so I’ve been cutting back. In surfing’s stead, I’ve been reading quite a few magazines and newspapers, which, around here, are chock full of entertainment news. In fact, one of the “hard” newspapers, The Times of India, had as an international headline,…
I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention before I blog off that today marks the 135th anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth. So, here’s a nice link to the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya (aka Gandhi Museum). Peace.
