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100 Things To Do in Bombay | Mumbai Metblogs

Uber cool list compiled by Zishaan

  1. Get high on qawwali at Haji Ali
  2. Spot a celebrity at Juhu PVR
  3. Sit down on the steps of Asiatic Society library
  4. Crane your neck to see the Bombay Stock Exchange building
  5. Spot a leopard in IIT Bombay campus. If you can’t, then settle for an IITian girl
  6. Enjoy a play in Prithvi Theatre
  7. Enjoy the NCPA in a play or opera
  8. Find some calm around the Banganga tank
  9. Haggle for non-antiques in Chor Bazaar
  10. Face the high tide on Worli seaface
  11. Bet money on race horses at the Royal Western India Turf Club, Mahalaxmi
  12. Dangle your feet, lean back on your palms and enjoy the sea from the Marine Drive promenade
  13. Go for a heritage walk in the Naval Dockyard (first Sunday every month, Indian nationals only)
  14. Explore the Sanjay Gandhi national park. A national park in city limits? Oh yeah!
  15. Soak in the Victoria Terminus
  16. Watch DDLJ at Maratha Mandir
  17. Party at Hard Rock Cafe and mourn for a minute the death of mills around Parel
  18. Jog on Juhu beach
  19. Sit on a tetropod at Nariman Point in midnight till police constables shoo you away
  20. Stand still on flyover bridger at Dadar station and watch the crowd whiz by you
  21. Find out who is grittier. You or Crawford market?
  22. Find the Fort wall
  23. Ride the Victoria on Marine Drive. Yeah, cheesy, we know
  24. Discover the city’s Jewish connection at Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue
  25. Watch sunset over Aksa beach in Madh Island
  26. Discover the underbelly of Bombay in Dharavi
  27. Stay for a night at Taj Mahal Palace hotel. You definitely want to tick off this luxury address for the oh-I-stayed-there-for-a-while conversations, don’t you?
  28. Catch the national madness of cricket in Oval Maidan
  29. Read a Bombay book (Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City?) in Azaad Maidan
  30. Cheer a football match at Cooperage ground
  31. Bury your nose in books for hours at Strand
  32. Stroll in Bombay University
  33. Climb the airport wall in Kurla to gain phenomenal views of Boeings
  34. Swoon at a concert in Bandra Kurla complex
  35. Gaze at the Queen’s Necklace from the Hanging Gardens at dusk
  36. Hunt for antique furniture (real or fake?) in Oshiwara
  37. Hike up the Mazgaon Hill
  38. Buy books from roadsides around Flora Fountain
  39. Envy the private palaces of Malabar Hill
  40. Party on a ferry in the Arabian Sea off Gateway of India
  41. Take a break from the city. Vasai offers the ramparts of Bassein fort, ruins of Portugese churches and East Indian food
  42. Trek in Sahayadris
  43. Say hello to the fauna at Byculla zoo
  44. Buy a camera from D N Road’s gray market
  45. Dare the red light district of Kamatipura
  46. Guess what RFID system they use to tag clothes at the Dhobi Ghat
  47. Take a power nap at David Sassoon Library

 

  • Catch movies at art-deco cinemas: Regal (1933), Eros (1938), Metro (1938)
  • Bow your head before city’s famous deities: Mumbadevi, Mahalaxmi, Walkeshwar, Siddhivinayak, Iskcon
  • Dine where Shahrukh Khans and Ness Wadias dine: Olive, Indigo
  • Feel the sufi mysticism at dargahs of Haji Ali and Maqdoom Ali Mahimi
  • Shop at the Bandra boutiques or if they are too expensive, give Hill Road or Fashion Street a shot
  • Gape at famous residences: Shahrukh Khan’s Mannat, Amitabh Bachhan’s Jalsa
  • Discover theatre scene in the city at venues other than Prithvi and NCPA: Sophia Bhabha Hall, Breach Candy; St Andrews, Bandra W; Rangsharda Auditorium, Bandra W; Ravindra Natya Mandir Hall, Prabhadevi; Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane W; Shivaji Mandir; Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan, Chaupaati; Tejpal Hall, Grant Road
  • Explore the Powai and Vihar lakes
  • Visit the museums: Prince of Wales, Monetary, Modern Art, Mani Bhavan
  • Admire the British era architecture in Fort: Churchgate station, Western Railway headquarters, High Court, General Post Office, Telegraph Office, Police Headquarters
  • Learn about the rock-cut architecture: Elephanta, Kanheri, Mahakali and Karla caves
  • Explore the churches: Gloria Church, Byculla, Portugese; Mt Mary Church, Bandra W, Portugese, 1640; St Michaels Church, Mahim, 1565, rebuilt 1973; St Thomas Cathedral, Flora Fountain, 1718; Wodehouse Church, Colaba, 20th century; Afghan Church, Navy Nagar, Colaba, 1858; Our Lady of Salvation Church, Dadar W, Portugese, 19th century; St John Baptist, Seepz, 1579; St Peter’s Church, Bandra, 1852, rebuilt 1938; St Andrew’s Church, Bandra, Portugese, 1575
  • Check out an art exhibition: Jehangir Art Gallery, Fort; Tao Art Gallery, Worli; Piramal Art Gallery, Nariman Point
  • Buy fish at Sassoon Docks, Cuffe Parade or Dockyard Road, Mazgaon
  • Find the forts of Bombay: Bombay Castle, Fort; Castella de Aguada, Bandra; Madh Fort, Versova; Mahim Fort, Mahim; Sion Fort, Sion; Sewri Fort, Sewri; Worli Fort, Worli
  • Buy a vintage bollywood poster in Mini Market or Lamington Road
  • Getaway to the beaches around Bombay: Alibag, Kashid, Murud, Nagaon
  • Travel to places overnight: Goa, Ajanta Ellora, Mahabaleshwar, Pune, Khandala and Lonavala
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  • Discover the charm of marble tabletops, bentwood chairs and irani chai at Parsi cafes
  • Catch behind the scenes action at a Bollywood studio
  • Loft the ball for a six in your neighborhood ‘galli’ cricket but make sure you don’t break any window panes
  • Silently stare at the Towers of Silence and Agiaries
  • Shadow the dabbawalas for one full day
  • Walk through a koliwada
  • Ride a vintage lift in a 100 year old building
  • Travel in a local train. How about the Virar Fast?
  • Ride a double decker bus. Isn’t Bombay the only city where they still run them?
  • If you have made it to a penthouse in Bombay, you might as well enjoy the view
  • Drink cutting chai, eat vada pav
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  • Gorge on late night sandwiches in Juhu
  • Sip some wine at an expensive seaside restaurant: Vie Lounge, Juhu; Dome, Intercontinental, Marine Drive; Aurus, Juhu; Salt Water Grill, Girgaum Chaupaati; Bayview Bar, Nariman Point
  • Figure what all the fuss is about having a beer in Mondegar or Leopold
  • Jack you car bonnet using a cold-drink bottle and eat kebabs at Bade Miyan in Taj’s back alley
  • Savour a fine authentic meal of East Indian cuisine at Anant Ashram in Kotichawadi
  • Eat a Gujrati-Marwari thali at Friends Union Joshi club in Kalbadevi
  • Smoke a hookah at roof-top restaurant Koyla in the Arab quarters of Colaba
  • Eat South Indian fare in Matunga
  • Eat pav bhaji, pani puri, bhel puri, sev puri at Girgaum Chaupaati
  • Chew a paan outside Shoppers Stop, Bandra W
  • Indulge yourself with fruity flavors of Naturals ice cream. And if it’s summer, try a cup of alfonso mangoes with malai ice cream
  • Learn out the art of ordering tea in a streetside cafe. “Ek paani kum dena.”
  • Drink Kingfisher, Cobra or Zingaro in your neighborhood look-alike bar of Nightlovers
  • Try the green chilli ice cream at Bachelorrs
  • Swing to some live music as you enjoy your continental meal at Not Just Jazz By The Bay. Do pay attention to the witty hoarding outside as you leave the place
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  • Run the Bombay Marathon (Jan)
  • Enjoy the Kala Ghoda arts festival (Feb)
  • Cheer ‘Mumbai Indians’ in an IPL cricket match at Wankhede statdium (May-Jun)
  • Get drenched to the bone while biking in the monsoons (Jul-Sep)
  • Sing “Govinda aala re aala” as 40 feet high human pyramids take the prized matka (Aug-Sep)
  • Get lost in the crowds of Ganesh Chaturthi (Sep)
  • Watch thousands of pink flamingos in the mangroves at Sewri (Nov-May)
  • Eat nihari, kebabs and sweetmeats around Masjid on the eve of Eid (Ramzan)
  • Run a ‘free hug’ campaign. This is Bombay, meri jaan!
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    CEO's (of J.P Morgan) Fantastic reply to a Pretty Girl

     

    EXCELLENT THOUGHT PROCESS!!!

    CEO's (of J.P Morgan) Fantastic reply to a Pretty Girl


    A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:


    Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy? 
    I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York CityGarden(? ), $250k annual income is not enough. 

    I'm here humbly to ask a few questions: 
    1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
     
    2) Which age group should I target?
     
    3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a few girls who doesn't have looks & are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
     
    4) How do you decide who can be your wife, & who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
     

    Ms. Pretty 

    Awesome reply: 
    Dear Ms. Pretty,
     

    I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later. 

    By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool. 

    Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do contact me... 

    signed, 

    CEO 
    J.P. Morgan

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    Forget 2012, we will be screwed next year



    People with weak heart don’t see it….plzzzzz  
                                                                                                                                                                           
    Holidays In 2010:

    Festival

    Date

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    REPUBLIC DAY

    26-Jan-2010

    SUNDAY

     

     

     

    HOLI

    16-Mar-2010

    SUNDAY again

     

     

     

    MAY DAY

    01-May-2010

    Sat lord help me

     

     

     

    INDEPENDENCE DAY

    15-Aug-2010

    SUN Not again

     

     

     

    GANDHI JAYANTI

    02-Oct-2010

    Sat Pls sum mercy

    DASSERA  

    17-Oct-2010

    SUN

     

     

     

    DIWALI

    05-Nov-2010

    SUN he bhagwan

     

     

     

    CHRISTMAS

    25-Dec-2010

    SUN Plzzzzzzzz


     

     

     

     


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    The doctor and his guilt

    Doctor 
    Dave had slept with one of his patients 

    and felt guilty all day long. No matter how much


    he tried to forget about it, he couldn't. The guilt 

    and sense of betrayal were overwhelming. 


    But every now and then he'd hear an internal 

    reassuring voice in his head that said: 


    "Dave, don't worry about it. You aren't the first 

    medical practitioner to sleep with one of their 
    patients and you won't be the last. 

    And you're single. Just let it go." 


    But invariably another voice in his head 

    would bring him back to reality. 

    Whispering......

    Dave..........

     

    Dave .............


    Dave........ 

    Dave........ 

    ..........you're a vet !!!

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    Company structure


     

     

    “Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.”
    -- Napoleon Hill

     

     

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    A punk Floyd classic Parikrama live! Almost

      
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    Manoj

    www.manojnayak.com

    Sent from my iPhone, excuse the typo's

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    Doctor...Doctor...!!!

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    >
    > I Like this Doctor! Hope you do too?
    >
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    >
    > Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life.
    > Is this true?
    > A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... Don't
    > waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up
    > your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can
    > extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live
    > longer? Take a nap.
    > Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
    > A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay
    > and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more
    > than an efficient Mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.
    > Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass
    > (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your
    > recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
    > Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
    > A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine,
    > That means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even > more
    > of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
    > Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
    > A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to > one.
    > If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
    > Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular
    > exercise program?
    > A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No > Pain...Good!
    > Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
    > A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ..... Foods are fried these days in
    > vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting
    > more vegetables be bad for you?
    > Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around > the middle?
    > A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You
    > should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
    > Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
    > A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans ! Another vegetable!!! It's the
    > best feel-good food around!
    > Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
    > A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
    > Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
    > A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape! Well, I hope this has cleared up any
    > misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
    > And remember:
    > 'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention
    > Of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body,
    > But rather to skid in sideways -
    > Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other -
    > Body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
    > Screaming 'WOO HOO, What a Ride'
    > AND.....
    > For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on
    > nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all
    > those conflicting nutritional studies.
    > 1. The Japanese eat very little fat
    > And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
    > 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
    > And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
    > 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
    > And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
    > 4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
    > And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
    > 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats
    > And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
    >
    > CONCLUSION
    > Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what > kills you.
    >
    > Cheers!
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