House Hunting
One of my colleagues pointed me to this article where a celebrity was denied accommodation in Mumbai. It reminded me of my own troubles in finding a house. I have stayed in five cities in the last five plus years that I have been working, and have changed seven houses since then. Right since my early […]
Adios Mumbai
July 2011, amidst the heavy Mumbai rains, I landed in this city of dreams. I had a new job, and this was going to be my new place of work. I had mixed emotions then. Mumbai was touted as an expensive and difficult city to be living in. The famous (or infamous) pace of the […]
Auto, Sangam cinema Chaloge?
It has now been a little over a month that I have moved into my new house, and completely love it. The weekends are fun, the view from the 10th floor balcony is just stunning. In a very unscheduled manner, the rains got delayed to September and it was raining all day in the beginning […]
Home Search in Mumbai – Painful
Been on a roller coaster ride the last couple of weeks. Exactly about a month back my house owner asked me to vacate the house. It is apparently an annual ritual in Mumbai. You would know, if you are one of the many staying here in rented apartment. The lease is for 11 months, and […]
Home – A Magic!
I have been consistently on the move the last couple of weeks. June 26th,Delhi, in a morning evening official trip. I like such trips, they are so very convenient. 7th July, Saturday, morning 9:45 flight to Tirupati via Hyderabad. Mom, dad and Jatin are there, and it is more of meeting them than the real […]