If you are new in Mumbai, you have no alternative but to have car and driver to take you around. Public transportation is the pits!!! While I have not taken a bus or a train in Mumbai, just a cursory glance at either of them would make me squirm. I am sure it is an acceptable form of transport to many, but if I have relocated to Mumbai from the first world, I do expect some basic material comforts!!

Initially, I started off by renting a taxi. The taxi in Mumbai comes in two varieties: a regular taxi and an air-conditioned ...<< MORE >>

As anybody who has moved to a new city can tell, the first thing one tries to do is to get a handle on the rental market in the city. Mumbai is no different than New York in many aspects as far as renting a place goes. For expats there are two main options depending on where they work. If one works in South Mumbai, then the areas around Colaba, Walkeshwar, Altamount Road, Peddar Road, Breach Candy, Worli Sea Face, Prabhadevi and may be upto Lower Parel will work. If one works in Bandra Kurla complex or further north, then ...<< MORE >>

Here I am in India, not by choice but by a quirk of fate. This blog is my story of why I am in India, where I was before coming here, why I love it now and the quirky nature of Indians!!!


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