George Menezes

There must be hundreds of Hume pipes lying all over Mumbai. Gigantic concrete ones meant to be used for storm water drainage into the sea.

They make for BMC forgotten temporary, very temporary housing for millions of homeless people who are merely a statistic for the powers that govern the city and a passing landscape for the well heeled people like you and me. (more…)

If there was a fear that tourism was going to take a beating in Goa, think again.

There is too much happening in “amchem” Goa. And the happenings are of such exciting proportions that it will attract thousands of Indians and foreigners whose boredom levels have touched bottom, pun intended, like the Dow Jones and the Sensex. (more…)