The promenades have ruined Bandra

I’ve lived in Bandra 10 years. It has become unwalkable in this time. It wasn’t always so.
In the year of our lord 2000, you fought your way down Hill Road, but then you ducked into St Andrew’s. You pretended, to the people at the Virgin’s [...]

Parade Around

As the summer vacations come to an end it time to get in as much fun as possible before the rains. Rather than watching football or cricket break away from mundane sports and enjoy some fun telegames. As a finale to their summer sports carnival [...]

Classical dance on Carter Road

The names might be difficult to pronounce but since dance is the universal language it’s easy to enjoy the grace and fluidity of Nrityanidhi. The dancers bring you a beautiful blen of old and new this weekend. The classical dancers will dance to Sufi [...]

Crab Fest at Cafe Goa

Seafood lovers are in for a treat today as Cafe Goa is celebrating a ‘Crab festival’. Carl Sequeira, manager at Café Goa says, “When the monsoons come you stop getting good deep sea crabs and so we thought of spoiling our customers by indulging them [...]

Green drive on Carter Road

In a bid to raise awareness about the environment, there will be a free film screening on Carter Road. The three films that will be aired all deal with saving the environment. They include ‘Ciclovia’, a film about the capital of Colombia that makes 120 km of [...]

Happy Feet at St. Andrew’s

If you don’t want to spend Sunday lazing around then head to St. Andrew’s Auditorium for a show that’s bound to wake you up! This Sunday Rahul Saxena who conducts jive, salsa and waltz classes will be putting on a show. Watch as his students display [...]

Dreamsellers

Head to Rangsharda this weekend to catch a relatively new play titled ‘Dreamsellers.’ Writer, Rajat Banerjee, says, “It is a story about how five executives (both men and women) deal with this myriad group of clients, how things get mixed up, and most [...]

Back to school gear

“How much for that watch?” – “One handbag, please”

In these tight financial times it seems that bartering is a great way to get new stuff and save on money. And now, there’s an organised system where you can do so, it’s called Barter Road.
Sapna Bhavnani says, “I love the concept of barter and I [...]

Bandra boy takes the lead

After hockey legend and Bandra boy Viren Rasquinha became the captain of India’s national field hockey team, it confirmed that Bandra boys were not only good at sports but had what it takes to go all the way.
“I was surprised but extremely happy when I [...]