Published in HT Cafe on March 9, 2010. Page 20 Buying milk in Mumbai is so asy, it’s absurd. The `kirana’ shop only has Amul Shakti when you prefer Taaza? No problem, the shopkeeper can probably source your preferred milk from a nearby store. Don’t feel like making the long 200-metre trek to the shop? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Street vendors’
What makes Mumbai special…
Posted in Mumbai, Published articles, tagged Hindustan Times, Micro-moneylending, Mumbai, Street vendors on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
An ode to Mumbai’s local trains
Posted in Infrastructure, Mumbai, tagged Class, India, Mumbai, Public transportation, Street vendors, Train, Urban on February 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The Mumbai Suburban Railway. Mumbai’s arteries, veins, and capillaries rolled into one functional hunk of steel. Even after living in this bulging metropolis for so long, I am continually amazed by the efficiency of its semi-antiquated local rail network. This is not a network built to help, say, a quaint German hamlet go about its [...]
