On November 26th 2009 this year it became quite evident that Mumbai has not forgotten the enormous tragedy of 26/11. Across the city there were peace marches, white candles burning in silent testament to the grief of friends and family left behind, concerts for peace & change and the reopening of Nariman (Chabad) House, Mumbai [...]

I watched in horror as the events of 26/11 unfurled over the course of three miserable days this time last year. I watched my city burn as we sat helpless, unable to extinguish the flames of malicious hatred that burn in the hearts of so many. I watched the news last night where there was [...]

Yesterday if you happened to be in Mumbai and drove past the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Colaba, it might have looked something like this (and no I had nothing to do with it, but I totally approve! Not only because (as you know by now) I quite like pink, but because the reason [...]

@jinal_shah sent me a link on Twitter to her incredible work on dsplaced.com and now I can’t stop looking at it! Remember I told you about one of my favorite websites (now books) called postsecrets.com? Its kinda like that, but presented as random thoughts of people and what they call “home” across the globe. (I [...]

Everyone has been asking me what I thought of “The Age of Stupid” and I’m finally getting around to it because I guess I didn’t really know what to say… Don’t get me wrong, it’s an absolutely brilliant film and one that I recommend you watch at least twice (preferably with subtitles though, I feel [...]

FYI this is where you can catch Nikhil D’Souza next week. Fight-Back’s new initiative “Music for Equality” a concert to raise awareness on gender equality. A cool concept that combines the arts with social messaging, organically. On September 10th (from 9.05pm-11.55pm) the band will play original material written by Nikhil, Arijit and Adrian at Blue [...]

Hello there! I actually had a pretty celebrity packed weekend, you’ll have to wait on the full story (in all its photographic glory) till I get the barrage of press pics but for now picture this! Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Harbajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Shekhar Kapur, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rani Mukherjee and Juhi Chawla all [...]

Hell ya! If, that is, you’re one of the incredibly energetic Salsa India dance crew! You’ve got to hand it to him, somehow Kaytee Namgyal took his love for dancing and ran with it all the way to a major dance movement across India. There are schools and shows all over the city all the [...]

There’s a Pre-Independence day “Mini Monsoon Marathon” this Sunday, 9th August 2009, at 6.00am, its a run for peace, to combat terrorism and build a united peaceful city. It starts opposite the NCPA,  Nariman Point, Mumbai. Come?

The contours of “an enhanced US-India strategic partnership” offering solutions to the challenges of 21st century may top US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s agenda on her five day visit starting day-after-tomorrow on Friday July 17th but lets face it, she’s probably psyched about meeting Aamir Khan on Sunday too (and perhaps vice-versa.) They’re going [...]