Mumbai Magic

A blog on Mumbai - the city, its people, its culture. Three of us write here - my daughter Aishwarya, my mom Janaki, and I. If you like something, leave a comment! - Deepa

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Bandhara at Aptale Village, Jawhar region, Maharashtra

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In May 2015, I went to a tribal area, about 4hrs drive from Mumbai. Since then, I have been working on a series of water projects there. Al...
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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Milestones

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So I turned 50 yesterday. I thought about what I want to do with the next 10 years of my life. I want to work further on rural water manage...
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Sunday, July 08, 2018

Van Ruith and the Western gaze

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- by Deepa Krishnan Horace van Ruith, a painter of German origin, arrived in Bombay in the late 1800's. He stayed in Cumballa Hill an...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Women Entrepreners in Tourism in India

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I was happy to be featured in Tourism India's Cover Story on women entrepreneurs in tourism. Interviewer: Mumbai Magic is considered...
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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Lahore ki Lakshmi

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Lakshmi Insurance Building, Bombay This is the Lakshmi Insurance Building on Pherozshah Mehta Road, opposite Bombay Store. It has a  c...
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Saturday, July 15, 2017

How to build an ethical design business?

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- by Deepa Krishnan I went to Kala Ghoda yesterday to meet a young man named Yazad. He is from LA, but is here in Mumbai now. The Pars...
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Sunday, July 02, 2017

Mumbai's largest Baghdadi synagogue

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- by Deepa Krishnan In the late 1700's and early 1800's, Jews from Iraq began arriving in Calcutta and Mumbai. It was not the f...
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Friday, May 05, 2017

Waiting for Rajnikanth

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- by Deepa Krishnan Today I am waiting for a guy named Rajnikanth to come home. No woman ever waited for a man so much :) He was supposed...
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Friday, March 31, 2017

Black Pav Bhaji: Thankful Tastebuds (and Skeptical Stomach)

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- by Aishwarya Pramod Yesterday, I tried black pav bhaji at Maruti Pav Bhaji in Vile Parle. It was recommended by my friend Pooja, a long...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Kanatha vadam: My family's guilty indulgence

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-by Aishwarya Pramod and Janaki Krishnan Like all Palakkad Iyers, I love kanatha vadam. But whenever I think of it, it's always wi...
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