Hamaal's on vegetable truck........

And you thought your bed wasn't comfy enuff!!!

pic courtesy roadblog

Who says barter system is dead??

Every Sunday the local Khariwala comes to my house carrying his huge metal box on his head.

We buy the regulation lot of Khari, Toast(Rusk), Butter (not amul butter), sweet sticks and Nan Khatai for the week..

most of the stuff is 14/15 bucks for pav kilo (1/4 kg)

 

I asked him if the barter system was still in place, you could trade old aluminum and copper and get the goodies worth its weight.... he says its still in place :)) 

When we were kids, we  used  to collect old Colgate paste tubes smash them and scan for copper,aluminum scraps and wait eagerly for the Khariwala chacha.

 

I think I have lotsa scrap on my loft, will trade for the sweet sticks :))

 

Pictorial Gyaan 

 

Khari

 

Sweet Sticks

 

 

 

Nan Khatai

 

Masala Khari

 

Butter

 

 

Rusk/ Toast

 

 

 

As I'm blogging this, A visiting family friend is in splits and laughing non stop on hearing my Dad's antics. As a good gesture my Dad gifted a kasti ( Indian Undie) to Tikka Maharaj ( a baba who does pooja and is a political fixer). My dad had got this kasti for is yoga class which he never used... my dad left yoga classes in a week  coz they were making him do all arbit leg folding exercises....

All  Maharaj's and Baba have never learnt to say no :))

overheard & seen in Bombay again.....

 

 

Written behind a Richshaw -S.V Road Borivli (w)

"Tu kar Natak ....

.... Udhya  bagto tula"

 

Which literally means ....

"  Go ahead smart ass....

... I'll fuck your case tomorrow"

 

 

In a share-a- cab Churchgate - Nariman Point

 

2 Aunty social Maharashtrian ladies in a journey of 6-7 mins I overheard the following

• they working at State Bank
• there are fed up with their jobs
• There is one guy called Firod who troubles one lady and she back answered her "ekdum Ragane"
• Nerulkar is one of their colleagues
• They have a conference coming up and nothing has been done so far, lotsa pending work...also overheard her saying "Subah ko Sazaa... raat ko Mazaa" I wonder if it meant what I think.....
• they have a friend who lived in Thane who fell down....
• one Aunty social is gonna come to Planet M in the evening to buy some gifts....

No wonder Taxi drivers are a frustrated lot.........

 

 

Ragdawalla outside Maratha Mandir

Outside Maratha mandir, Bombay Central there is this shady, sleazy looking, not so appealing stall which sells the most amazing 'veg ragda chana' and 'dahi vadas'

the contents of the ragda chana are

boiled kabuli chana
hot ragda wid potatoes chunks
watana
salt
cummin,pepper masala
mirch masala
mustard oil
saffron colored mix spices n masalas
tamarind chutney
meetha chutney
theeka chutney
lotsa onion
nimbu
coriander
pudina

The way he makes is damn cool, he takes some boiling hot Kabuli chanas from the stove, pours some gravy, slices the big aloo pieces then puts some yellow watana then puts the chutneys, all spices, lil mustard oil, mixes it in styles and then put lotsa onions and coriander n pudina then cleans the bowl from the sides and hands it over...

All served in a China bowl fullto upto da brim, ekdum yummy hot n spicy.... total paisa vasool, cost wonly 5 bucks!!!

warning : not recommended for the weak stomachs and people who swear by the Frangipani and Taj

trivia about Maratha Mandir - This theatre has been playing Dilwale Dulhaniya le jayenge for the last 500 weeks, past 8-10 years and still continues to play..... the tickets are really cheap under 25 bucks.....
Often used by couples and people having affairs for total privacy at unbeliavable costs..... Where else will you get A/c facilty and privacy at the cost of a Moosambi juice :)) and also you can check mail for free at the Reliance internet kiosk :))

Check out God :))

Definitions of god on the Web:

• the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
• deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
• a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"
• idol: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
  

Check out god himself himself  http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Rajnikanth-H

 

:):):):) , excuse my sense of humour but this guy is hilariously cool!!

 

 

The Power of 10!!

 

When I was in college (Mithibai), my dad used to give me 10 bucks as pocket money after carefully checking whether accidentally he hasn't given 2 tenners. I had my own saving of 2-5 bucks, but Dus ka patti is wot I got....

 

So over the years I've mastered the art of doing this with 10 Bucks, here are a few of 'em I would like to share  :))

 

• 2 vada pav (Rs 8) + nimbu sherbet (Rs 2)
• 5 jhatpat lottery or 1 Playwin Thunderball Lotto
• One Ragda with extra mirchi with 4 Pavs mixed with Theeka & meetha Chutney (Rs 7) and One Kashimiri MAsala Soda (3 Bucks)
• 2 single kebab Pav with lotsa onions and green rocket chutney with pudina to eat.
• Breakfast at Cafe Bharat (Rs 8) (Menu changes daily idli, dosa, upda, vada, poha with tea)
•  Rent a pirated VCD tell him abhi copy karke lata hoon  
• 1 Falooda or 2 Fruit Salads at the local Mewad Icecream Wala.
• 3 glasses of chilled masala pudina buttermilk outside Parla Station (e)
• 100 gms Aloo Vadi (patra) + 100 gms of Dhokla at any Farsan Shop with extra papaya chutney, mirchi and orange chutney.
• 1 total tel body massage at Juhu beach, don't ask him for sabh kuch else he will start doing something shady.
• 5 old Phantom comics/ 2Archies  from the local Bhangarwala.
• Infinite goodies and useful stuff at the Kuch bhi Uthaao stalls on the Roads of Churchgate, Fountain and VT.
• 2 Dabelis from the local dabliwala
• one sada dosa and one single vada from the local dosawala
• One grand samosa Bhel from Anupam bhel, Kalbadevi
• 1 ride on the merry go round or 2 in the wooden ghoda gaadi at Juhu.
• 1 midd-day, one ET,one Bhav Copy and one Gold Flake on a boring day.
• 10 bucks you can tip the waiter to get a vantage seat in the Ladies Bar.
• 10 bucks is enough to cheer up apna local traffic pandu.
• 2 masala pavs ( usually when you don't have money for the Pav Bhaji)
• rent a cycle for 2 hours
• HAve a plateful of assorted fruits (mango,papaya,chiku,banana, watermelon,pine apple) in Nariman Pt, Vt, Fort, ChurchGate area.
• watch a movie at a pirated video parlour
• play 5 games of Matka at your local adda or 2 games of Carroms at your local carrom club
•  play 10 games of Contra/Mario on the Antique Videogame outside shady joints.
• 2 ek sau bees, hari patti, bhola pakka, hari patti, elachi Mawa and one Meetha Pan
• 30 mins in a Cyber Cafe
•  Travel 6 kms on the top deck of a Double Decker BEST bus and put your feet outside the window

Feel free to add your ideas of what one can do with Ten Bucks!!!

post kommento!!

5 people I would like to say TnX U!!

CNB - My PublicSITY friend, who robs stuff from my page and duly acknowledges it, but the beer hasn't yet come in return

Preity - champion comment poster, someone whom I've to call n say post kar :))

Fiza - champion poster number 2

Anonymous - someone who regularly fills up my comment book, sends me arbit suggestions and gyan to improve my blogs

U - for having patience to read this piece of BS :)

 

peace

Solzaire Shantanu B'day @ SideWok's

Cocktails we had, pls dont ask me the names



B'day boy wid da Walrus mucchi!!



me n shantanu.
Sidewok has some of the best cocktails in Bombay and one of the best bartenders in Virendra who can mix some really mean drinks.

Drinks were expensive but very colorful, more than the drink the way they were made by virendra was fun to watch.
A special drink a green colored mint flavoured iced drink with a bit from all the booze from the bar is named after me Sat'2's Poison :))..

more pics at CNB's page http://freedomink.org/gallery/solzaire29

Sarkar - Jao dekho!!!

Go n Watch it preferably in Shreyas,Eros, Deep Mandir, KT, AJanta but not in a INOX, FAME etc where the public is dead and unanimated.

The story = well bacha bacha of Bombay knows who's life the main protagonist is copied from, though I don't like certain things about Bal Thackeray I find certain things about him right and cool. More on that some other time.

No Ganas, no bajana, no wet rain dance, no jumping over terraces, no bakwas ...... only dialogs and silent scenes....

Seen and Overheard in Bombay today

 

09:04 Churchgate Slow

A well dressed dude on the mobile "hello sir, yes sir , yes sir,  mein abhi train mein hoon, Khar pahuch gaya .. Aj barish bahut hua tha, paani bhar gaya tha tracks mein sab trains slow chal raha hai" 

Some one yells from behind "chutiya bana raha hai, train goregaon mein hai"

 

09:20 Churchgate station

Hazzar commuters on the station

Scene cut to : The police help desk counter which has a policeman and policewoman, the cop is bored to death, the lady police is totally engrossed in a intimate chat with a Gujarati saree seller Ben who must be buying sarees in bulk from Surat and selling it door to door.  Duty gaya bhadd mein, Jai Praful, Jai Parag Saaree!!

 

 

Diamond mania at Juhu

A week after the rumours spread people are still heading to juhu chowpatty for the diamonds, a great equalizer and leveler the gold rush oops diamond rush has seen rich and the poor scavenging the dirty beach for the stones :))

Sometimes the mob psychosis can never be explained, I too was once part this kinda great search a few years ago.
When in college we guys used to go to he beach on Monday's to try our luck with gold, precious jewels, coins, and other stuff...Apart from dirtying my hands and clothes, I did manage to find a 1 gm gold part of some ladies locket.

Juhu, Dadar, Girgaum Chowpatty, Aksa, Madh, Gorai beaches each have over 2 lakh visitors every Sunday, there is a very high probability that they will lose something or drop something.... If you are lucky Bombay beaches can be a gold-diamond mine :))
Take a metal detector to increase the probability factor :)
Mid-day's Dope on the story
3 drown in search for diamonds at Juhu
Juhu beach diamonds turn out to be fakes
Scramble for diamonds on Juhu Beach

Unsung Monsoon Hero's of Bombay

This is BMC for you the ever striking and taking the city to ransom, often pampered, lazy, fit for nothing chodus of the nth order.......There's a lil truth in it, but there thousands of real hardworking and committed people in the BMC who do heroic work risking their life and limb doing everything from cleaning the gutters, drains,Manholes, Hospitals, Morgues, Sewage and toilets of this city of 14 million people who shit and piss anywhere and everywhere.
I wonder if Bombay is in a Fucked state now, what would it be without these unsung heroes.

Mid-Day has got something to say about them
Monsoon heroes keep city on track

Pygmalion

This is a cool project Soundra Rajan from Deccan Herald is working on Teaching nd enhancing the level of English in schools in rural India.
I would appreciate if you guys could :
1. spread the word around about this project. (If successful this experiment could be replicated in many parts of India & Pakistan)
2. Give in your inputs about the projects to either me satish.vijaykumar@MyZus or write to Soundra Rajan directly at searchlight@sancharnet.in
3. Collate multimedia & pictorial study material for the kids.
4. Suggest innovative and simple designs for the lessons
5. Become a well-wisher and prays for the success of the project.

Do check out the PPT
Your Download-Link:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2583578/Enhancing_Spoken_English_skills_ILID.ppt.html

http://ilid.org/newsletter/
do lemme know your views.

Batman Begins ......

Yesterday the heavens were pouring, millions of commuters were rushing early to grab seats and catch their favorite soaps, Me and usual suspect Bhatta decided not to do the daily running for trains, we watched Batman Begins, inspite of what I heard from all my friends that its a Fcukall movie and waste of money.... I liked the movie , and will continue to love the comic book hero's that I've grown reading up whether its Champak, Chandamama,Superman, Spiderman,Hulk, Mandrake, Lothar, Hojo, Bahadur, Phantom, Tinkle (suppandi,Shambu, hoodja), Archie's, Chacha Chowdery ( no matter how fcukall the English was).

I've learnt one thing about movies....."There are movies made for everyone and there are movies not made for everyone"

Worst case scenario you loose 40 bucks you paid for Stall at Eros

Baarish ka Dushman!!

Yesterday morning, rush hour time, I'm hurrying to catch the 9:24 Fast to Churchgate, its pouring, the whole station outside Borivali station is in a mess and stinking.

I hear a loud voice ...

" Baarish ka Dushman ... Bees rupiye mein"

" Baarish ka Dushman ... Bees rupiye mein"

 

I'm like WTF,  turned around...

Again, he says BOSS " Baarish ka Dushman ... Bees rupiye mein" " Baarish ka Dushman ... Bees rupiye mein"

 

Fucker was selling funny looking Rainy Caps for 20 Bucks, I dint buy it coz I have an even more funny looking large automatic yellow colored umbrella, maybe if it was the Fireman's Plastic Cap I would have bought it :))

  

 

More Mixxa pics

me,salil
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

We wid Salil & his better 1/2!!

Give MRVCL a piece of your mind!!

Mumbai Rail Vikas Corp. Ltd is inviting feedback on the the new Blue coloured local trains ....

 

I suggest everyone has a look at it http://www.mrvc.co.in/feedbackform.htm

 

Give them a piece of your mind :))

Ek Gaon ki Boli Dusri Gaon ki gali

What may mean something to you may mean 360 opposite to my tribe.... datz Tribe Malluz for those who came is late!!

Chor :
For U : Some one who robs and pickpockets
For Tribe M : Something what we eat every afternoon and night

Blade Business :
For U : some thing what you use to shave and trim
For Tribe M :an organized group of local residents who lend money at usurious interest rates and use strong-arm tactics to recover the loan from defaulters.

Ummah :
For U : the Moslem Brotherhood
For tribe M : its a kiss.. puppy!!

Pota :
For U : Prevention of Terrorist Activities
For Tribe M : a funny looking dried thing used for scrubbing dirty bodies

Disco Chain :
For U : Show off!!
For Tribe M : Poor Fella!!

Jetty :
For U : a place where boats and ships hang out
For Tribe M : Underwear!!!

Visa :
For U : A gateway to a better life
For Tribe M : a birthRIGHT

Broker:

For U : Share Dalal, Estate Agent

For Tribe M : A man who fixes marriages and usually take a 10% cut on the Dowry received.

Banana Chips :

For U : Funny yellow colored banana slices cooked in coconut oil

For Tribe M : Chakna wid Daru

75%

For U : Distinction

For Tribe M : enough reason to have Tik 20 or jump in da well

Sabarimala

For U : funny people wearing black coloured clothes and walking bare feet

For Tribe M : Our annual Woodstock!!

Bit :

For U : a lil

For Tribe M : a 5 min sleaze soft porn shown between Films in Shady Theatres

There are zillion more... damn zzzz now........

Feel free to add them on da kommend lizt :))

Saturday nite at Diva, Poa portuguesa

When the party started....

CnB, Shantanu, Me & Bhatta ( who later ran away from the party)

some where in between...

(wid Ghosh ..)
All da action... Salil Ankola former cricketer in Yellow

I dont remember!!!

Rain gods have descended ...

Bombay city looks clean and fresh......Train journey from Borivli to Churchgate was not sweaty, cool breeze and the occasional leaking in the compartments made it fun.....

The first obvious sign of the rains is the shortage of Rickshaws and Taxis ... these fuckers are never around when u need them...

Markets are up 60 pts as we speak, Rel Capital up 20% since it opened at 09:55 ....

 

Indra Bhagwan and your team do shower your blessing to this city and the Cool Nation of ourz...

 

Ambani Saga - New Beginning

My entire family was glued to the screen on a Sunday evening not to watch a cricket match or Mallu movie but to watch the Anil Ambani press conference. His first press conf. after his settlement with his Brother.
Anil is gonna do some real kickass stuff.
Companies he has Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy, Reliance Infocomm.........

Mega public issues expected in Reliance Infocomm, buybacks expected from Rel. Capital and Rel Energy........His plans and his vision makes all these three companies a good solid long term buy...

Anil Dhirbhai Enterprises as it known is bidding for Trans Harbour link in Bombay, Bombay Airport, MUTP projects in Bombay....

If you are bullish on India, this is a must have in your portfolio....

Last but not the least Anil is still a shareholder in Reliance Industries :))

Tirupati Balaji has also been instrumental is finding the solutiona and enriching the investor by over 10,000 crores since last month :))

mid-day's Sting operation fails........

Patil's guards slap reporter

this is the Mid-day version, the other version by the vernacular media is that the Female journo was trying to get naughty with RR patil.
There are 3 possibilities either :
1. The journo wasn't the raapchick like BarBalas
2. R R Patil must be having different orientations
3. He is an honest politician doing his job.

Sleaze Bombay style....

http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/june/111452.htm

Mid-day does a sting operation on the silent or Pakdu bars in Bombay.

I'm after reading this story there will be a zillion tourists and terrorists and wannabe Cham Chams from all over India and abroad wanting to visit the PAdku Bar's.
As usual the Government and MAhila MAndals have made a mess of the existing night life culture......reforming the not so sleazy ladies bars in Pakdu Bars...
Mid-day by giving it front page coverage has given it total PUBLIC-SITY ....... over 7 lakh readers and over 10 lakhs who borrow the copy in the train will surely sniff around some Pakdu bars..

I guess they aren't wrong when they say "Duniya mein jo bhi hota hai ... Peth aur uske Neeche ke liye hota hai"

new pinch!!!

my new mobile...6585

Number wahi... sirf andaz naya :))

 

Met 3 gurus yesterday

Yesterday I went to the India Equity Show at the Nehru Centre, I met 3 innovators and leaders of the Indian Computing industry.
Prof. D.B.Phatak
IIT Mumbai
Everytime I listen to Prof Phatak's speeches its so full of nationalism and passion for doing and thinking big for our nation. I think he rocks big time and is a wonderful asset to our nation. We also talked about the 3-6 % equity that is to given to IIT Bombay for the incubation at Kresit. IITB finally after 4 years has a structure in place for accepting equity in return for incubation space and resources.
He has started the eKalavya project on open source with his own money and after doing a yatra to over 70 Engineering colleges to check and improve the level of IT education in India. I think now the government is thinking about funding this mission . I wish him all the best .
you can check it out at http://ekalavya.iitb.ac.in/index.jsp

Prof. Swami Manohar CEO PicoPeta
India's first academic start up with prof's having equity, the makers of the Simputers. Doing wonderful things for people who can't afford a computer and making India proud. As for me I would love to a simputer with Skype,SMS and Email & games.

http://www.picopeta.com/index.php

Rajesh Jain
Netcore
The man behind the Internet revolution in India after selling IndiaWorld to sify for 115 million $.
His blog is must for all those who wanna follow the latest in the emerging tech world & markets.
check it out at http://www.emergic.org/

D for Documentry!!!

'D'

RGV thinks he has taken the sole proprietor of educating India about the Underworld......
every Bacha knows about the Haji mastan, Karim Lala, Varda bhai,Bada & Chota Rajan, Ashwin & Amar Naik and Arun Gawli story......
Nuttin new old gyan on 70 MM wid Dolby sound.
I found the movie ok, nuttin great, no music, Isha kopikaar was a total waste, Chunky pandey and Goga Kapoor did some nice stuff... the hero 'D' (Randeep Hoonda)must have spoken some 10-15 sentences in the whole movie....
Overall a well made documentary on the rise of 'D' .......a prequel to Company :))

VFM Bombay Chinese Food

Best VFM under 50 bucks only on a Chinese Gadi

For every 2 Vada Pav Ghadis there are 5 Chinese Ghadi's in Bombay. The names start from Omkar Chinese stall to Mandarin Pure Chinese to Pure JAin Chinese...

One cant juss miss it, red in color, usually with diwali lights and series running all year round, gas cylinders, masalas....
There are there everywhere on the streets of Bombay after 6 pm in every nook and corner of the city. 90% of the people who eat Chinese don't know what to order so they ask the guy normally a Bahadur or Thapa who look authentic Chinese.
Most popularly ordered stuff one by two chicken fried rice and noodles and manchow soup ...
there prices are normally same all over the city except in Nariman point,VT, Churchgate area where you get extra gravy wid one veg Manchurian piece.

Stuff which you get unlimited schewan Chutney (not sauce), vinegar, Soya sauce, chilly sauce.......

Stuff which I normally order
chicken triple rice ( schewan rice, noodles, fry noodles, omlette on top, with Manchurian gravy with chicken pakodas = Price 35 bucks)
veg/chicken Hakka noodles ( 25/28 bucks)
veg/chicken Fried rice with gravy ( 25/28 bucks)
Lung Fung soup/ Manchow soup...I dunno why its called so but I end up putting all the sauces to make it rocket. ( Always have it one by two ... 20 bucks full)
Chicken lollypop ( 6 pieces =35 bucks)
Stuff I don't recommend
American Chopsuey ( sweet stuff targeted for gujjus)
Chicken 65
Chicken Hong Kong
Sweet Corn soup ( Either the corn or the flour is ever missing)
There are many Chinese stalls that allow you to have your booze in a clandestine operation...i.e steel glass mein

to sum it up
When - 6 pm to 1 am
where - all over the city
why - coz you like it and don't want to spend much
what to eat - read the blog
budget - around 50 bucks per head
Health Warning - don't eat too much rocket stuff, can be not so hygienic at times ( at over 100 degrees Gas flame dunno wot will survive)

Bombay mein jo Chinese milta hai woh China mein bhi nahi milta :)

Hot Tips

Some Hot Tips I got from sources

1. Indian Rayon
2. Financial Technologies
3. Nicco Corp
4. TCS
5. SBI

Disclosure I've some stake in FT & Nicco, Do your own research before investing.

when it rains in Bombay.........

Everyone flips trips gets nostalgic and romantic when it rains in Bombay, There are many things about the rains I jusss hate from my bottom of my your know what ......

when it rains in Bombay.........

1. You see more people shitting on the tracks.
2. Puddles larger than the size of moon craters are created.
3. the lifeline of Bombay ( the local trains) gets royally rogered over 5 million hapless souls are tortured big time.
4. your Vada PAv gets soggy, tastes yucky.......
5. The Bhaiyaas in the trains get another reason not to take bath.
6. The stench of shit, garbage and gutter hits you and chokes you before you say WTF
7. Sidey Rickshaw wallahs and Cab Drivers take you for royal rides and charge you inflated fares.
8. king circle, DAdar, Mahim, Parel become no go zones.
9. Marine Drive and Gateway can really dangerous and suck you in the Arabian sea.
10. Fist Fights and Nails fights in trains are replaced by Umbrella fights.
11. Slum dwellers are in shittin bricks mode... they dunno wots gonna get then first BMC or the Rains.
12. Whole Bombay gets into scratching mode coz of wearing undies that haven't dried proprahly .
13. Kingfisher makes way for Old Monk.
14. Rawas, Surmai, Bombil and Bhangda get hyper expensive people stick to masala papad.
15. Churchgate and VT station look like some rain dance club with a zillion wet bodies.
16. Jaundice, Malaria and infinite other illness attack you.
17. Bus rides are torturous and can take hours
18. Rain drops hit you like bullets when you hang out of trains.
19. Accidentally you will slip, trip and chance marao people at stations, roads, and puddles
20. hundreds who fall in gutters and manholes are later fished out of Worli sea face.
21. Aksa and MAdh Island get undue publicity.
22. You get fed up with people who come and tell you "chal Bushy Dam Jaate hai"

The list is endless... If you also wanna add stuff please feel free add it in the comments sections

Pic courtesy TJ O'brien

Bunty aur Babli rocks!!!

3 hours of time passs... Big B, Small A and Even Smaller Rani have done a cool job...
Cameo's by many old and new stars are really cool and funny... Watch out for the Q. Quereshi's Dance....

Big B's first time dance in Jeans is also a definite dekko...

Many songs played in the background in many scenes are from old Amitabh's movies.....

Overall totall Timepass movie made for people who are filmy like me :))

Bunty Babli Bakra

Bunty Babli Bakra

This is why Mid-day rocks & beats the shit out off Bombay mirror, TOI..... Totall Kickass stuff...

My Blog has been blocked in UAE

"We apologize the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates."

I guess my site is getting damn popular :)), I still have no clue why this has been done......

Machaan.....tree house for da human apes.. 

Ice cold Beer!!.......A/c for da body 

clay soaked boyz 

gangtaz' 

Success is a long haul...

Someone I know was part of the initial team at IndiaInfoline, an online share trading Co which started in 1995... A company which saw more than its shares of problems dot com boom, bust, consolidation, boom again... it finally got listed at the Sensex, NSE at Rs. 76. He has over 40000 shares since the inception offloaded 5000 last week at Rs 80 something...

 

I'm not saying this just to blow sunshine up my ass or anything but I sincerely believe that success in a long haul, overnight success is as rare as Halley's Comet... There will be unpleasant times when people will have all sorts of things and advice for you but when you hit bingo the same people will do an about turn. 

 

I hope MyZus also also get listed on the Sensex or Nasdaq someday, I've a few ESOPS :))

 

Saturday Recce

We had an office junta lunch at Delhi Darbar, the food quality has deteriorated big time... though I ate 3.5 rumali rotis, butter chicken and Pahadi Chicken Masala and Dal tAdka......total full tummy but no major taste :))

After office me and my friend Bhatta decided to check out the if the book sellers are back as I wanted to a book "Maximum City". Bad luck... all the bookwallahs from Oval Maidan upto fountain.. barring a few have been evicted, though the media and some local politicians have been little supportive but having spoke to one of the book sellers he said " Matter abhi court mein hai... Aap ko mallum Adalat mein kya chutiyagiri hota aur zindagi nikal jayegi chakkar lagate lagate" .... I hope its not true ...

There are book sellers near Stan Chart Bldg till Khadi Bhavan but they aren't keeping much stock for fear of BMC.

Had a sukha Bhel minus mirchi, Malai wala Nariyal pani after doing the recce.

Since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by the "Kuch bhi Utao Dus Rupiye Mein" stalls.... outside the churchgate subway there is one of them a zillion things from torches to yo-yo's to Chinese batteries to jumbo ball point pens ....... I bought a jumbo red fluorescent Ball point pen .. which looks like some Jedi weapon :)


Also bought a few magazines to kill time on a Sunday from A.H Wheeler at the Station. ....Magazines I bought Outlook Money, Business Today, Business World...

Sunday is another day .....A day I look forward to zzzzzzzzzzz.

Naina.....the movie

 

1 word to sum it up ... PAKAAO!!! 

 

Irani Restaurants that are functioning

Some requests and emails from junta prompted to do some wiki and googlegiri on the Irani Cafe's of Bombay...
if anyone has any feedback on the excisting ones, feel free to comment... to give an opinion is good karma :))

Irani Restaurants that are functioning

1. Cafe Mondegar (my Favorite)
2. Cafe Leopold ( 2nd Favorite)
3. Paradise Restaurant
4. Cafe Oval (when I'm short of money)
5. Britannia Restaurant
6. Cafe Ideal
7. Free India Rest. and Bakery
9. Kyani & Company
10. Bastani & Company
11. Cafe Garden
12. Byculla Pharmacy
13. Everest Rest. & Stores
16. Daryush Restaurant
17. Asian Stores
18. Messrs Cecil Restaurant
19. Mocambo Cafe & Bar
20. Cafe Dilbar Bar & Restaurant
21. Congress Bar & Restaurant

Irani restaurants that have shut down

1. Lucky Restaurant
2. Cafe Metro
3. Cafe Shahapur
4. Cafe BBC
5. Moonlight
6. Cafe Royal
7. Gulshan-E-Iran
8. Ruhani
9. Vazir Restaurant
11. Golden Star
10. Rolex
12. Toofan Mail Restaurant
13. Lucky Restaurant
14. Cafe Premiere

Badhwar Park Beach

This is the dirty beach behind my office at Mittal Tower which I see every day from my office window, it stinks big time of fishes, crabs, garbage and god knows what.... But this image made me change my mind, this is also the real Bombay.... The real smell of Bombay..
No matter where I go the smell of the Mahim Creek, Fishes at Churchgate, smell of kababs and chicken at Bade Miya, the Chinese stalls at Nariman point are so much a part of my DNA that I have a craving to come back.....
Like they say love has no smell......



Pic courtesy Kiran - http://jace.seacrow.com/pics/

Only in a Irani Hotel

Its been ages since I had some decent Brun Maska, Paani kam Chai and Pudding , used to have it on a daily basis at an Irani Hotel in Shivaji Park, Dadar.
Most of the Irani restaurant's have either sold off to Shetty's or are selling PAv Bhaji, Pizza and Chinese... I guess another metamorphism of a key element of Bombay's soul.

Office Picnic - Nagaon Beach

Do you remember "Sagar Kinare Dil Ye Pukare" from film Sagar ? That is Nagaon..approximately 7 Km from Alibag. Famous place for Clean,serene beaches,Coconuts, Mangoes and betel-nuts. 

 

Things what we did out there

• Had breaker (poha,chai)
• Swimming, rolling, covering ourselves in clay, taking diving catches, little cricket
• Ice golas too cool ourselves
• again rain dance, swimming in a tank at our resort
• Some beers n Pepsi to quench our thirst
• Lunch - smooth Chappatis, aloo sabji, moong usal (sprouts), rice, dal, salad, soul kadi
• monkeying around on Hammocks, Jhulas
• general picnic stuff antakshiri, dumcharadz, extra sounds n songs

 

We had a fcukall driver n cleaner absolute morons.

 

Resort where we stayed

Radhangan Holiday Home

Nagaon Beach Road, Nagaon, Alibaug - 402204

 

total VFM Rs 110 only each person incl breaker, lunch, tea and Macchan (Log-hut)

Fotus are yet to be developed, will post the craziest ones on on blog :))

 

some gyan  on Nagaon

http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Nagaon-1634.html

 

Fed-up, Mumbai's top bookie surrenders

Fed-up, Mumbai's top bookie surrenders

Shoban KalaChowkie knew that it would be better to get himself arrested, get out on bail easily and avoid faltoo mein panga with the cops, so that he could be around when the reaction begins with India v/s Australia.
Bombay police is the biggest gang with a toli of 16000 men, D company, Rajan, Chota shakeel, Thakur, Mancherkar,Poojari gang combined are not more than 2000-3000.
Cricket Betting should be made legal and the government can earn huge revenues by way of taxes and spare the middle class of taxes.

I wanna read this ....

Would appreciate if anyone who has it can lend it to me or knows anywhere I can get a disount. My bookwallah near fountain has disappeared due to the BMC anti hawker drive...


check out what amazon has to say about the book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375403728/002-2423435-5930459?v=glance

NatGeo on Bollywood

National Geographic Magazine Multimedia: Bollywood

Awesome foto story by William Allard on Apna Bollywood.
Check it out, takes a lil time to download but its worth the wait.

Filmy, and proud of it!!!

11 things Bombay can defnitely live without.

1. Jam packed trains
2. People shitting on da road.
3. Hijras troubling people and threatening to utao their ghagra if you don't pay.
4. Gardulla's under and over every bridge.
5. People spitting gutka and Paan.
6. Security Guards and Waiters in bars (;-) ) troubling you for tips.
7. Renaming overdose of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his Family
8. Pampered BMC workers
9. Rude Pandu's and Govt. staff.
10. Illegal Zoppadpattis
11. Corrupt Corporators, MLA's, MP's

How do you psyche someone.......

A Mallu - reject his passport application, deny him entry in Gelf for life & stop showing Shakeela movies on Surya TV

If you have the inside dope on how to phyce your own tribe, Go ahead and add on the comments section..

p.s I think my spelling of psyhce is wrong.. its not to be Confused with the Human Psyche... Its plain big time tormenting...

What's Bombay music??

Apart the filmy music that is played everywhere in Bombay the real music of is the Nasik Dhol played by the infinite Banjo Party's on streets during Ganpati, Holi, Indian cricket matches, weddings, election campaigns etc .
Everyone will stop, look around if he knows anyone,if no one around he too might join the crowd and shake a leg or two.. marao a few whistles, unleash the wilder side or the tapori in everyone of us.

I love this music and this is one music I can get up and dance without having the feeling am I doing the right thing, coz this cool ekdum Raanti dance is all about being yourself and discovering yourself... this was later discovered by Art of Living :))

Download this really awesome Nasik Dhol music ...... Don't juss listen, unleash yourself :)
Your Download-Link:
http://rapidshare.de/files/1779883/03-Track3.mp3.html

Numerous weddings, cricket's funeral?

School Kids protesting against the Govt Decision.

All the maidans in Bombay will not be the same again if the DF Govt has its way, as such there is shortage of place to play and now this, the Government should find some other way of collecting money or else Cricket will die a slow death in Bombay's Maidans

As such all main maidans are encroached by druggies and hookers and now the Nasik Dhol and Shaadi party will add to the mess.

Azad Maidans is full of political rally's and people who are into fasting for no purpose.
Cross Maidans is for Circuses and the Melas
Only Oval Maidans & Shivaji Park has some cricket happening.
All the remaining cricket pitches on Marine Drive viz. Police, Hindu, Parsi, Islam, Grant Medical Gymkhanas are nothing but a money making racket they pay paltry sums of money to the Govt for their leases and earn crores without or with minimal investment for the betterment of the game.


Mid-day's report Numerous weddings, cricket's funeral?