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The Gantzers: India’s OG travel chroniclers

Among the showcasing of top names for the recently announced Padma awards, there was a quiet victory for this Anglo-Indian veteran travelling couple,...

yesterday 10

Fiona Fernandez

Heritage is for everyone

Sutradhaars and city watchdogs, Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss their favourite takeaways from an informative session about public access inside...

04.02.2025 9

Fiona Fernandez

Kaapi that!

Barring a few exceptions in certain neighbourhoods, the reducing popularity, leading to the phasing out of community-driven eateries, means that the...

21.01.2025 30

Fiona Fernandez

Lessons for life from the resting place of the dead

In the humdrum of Mumbai’s frenetic pace and the mad pursuit of goals and targets, where few have the time to share a kind word with the person...

13.01.2025 30

Fiona Fernandez

Inconvenience is regretted. Really?

Sir PM is back from a week-long stay in Bandra, and had a rude shock with the civic disarray. He and Lady Flora discuss how this is representative...

06.01.2025 4

Fiona Fernandez

Wishing and hoping… for 2025

What do our citizen champions Sir PM and Lady Flora hope for Mumbai in the coming year? What are their expectations from the civic gods and those...

30.12.2024 20

Fiona Fernandez

If Santa Claus could make it happen

Our sutradhaars reveal contents of their letter to St Nick, hoping, wishing and praying that he’ll manage to pull off a Christmas miracle for their...

23.12.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

Desperately seeking city icons

Our sutradhaars wonder if this generation and the next are devoid of genuine icons to look up to visionary builders of the city and the nation—...

16.12.2024 7

Fiona Fernandez

Who moved my walking path?

As increasing number of once-quiet locations within and beyond Fort get usurped for different activities every weekend, our sutradhaars believe...

09.12.2024 6

Fiona Fernandez

Why Mumbai needs a year-round celebration of literature

Sir PM appeared to be in a cheery mood; he was even humming to a popular western classical melody. Lady Flora could easily gauge the positivity...

03.12.2024 10

Fiona Fernandez

Will Mumbai’s new mandate fix its crumbling infrastructure and green woes?

We get constant reminders, especially with cyclones and waterlogging in previously safe areas. If this government is concerned about the health of...

25.11.2024 4

Fiona Fernandez

Regional re-look, please?

The city winners from a recent round of awards honouring the best restaurants from across India, shone a light on the continuing lack of presence...

18.11.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

Wanted: Cultural spaces in the suburbs

The recent opening of a city-themed gallery inside its biggest museum comes as great news for its starved population. But honestly, the number of...

12.11.2024 6

Fiona Fernandez

Cracker of a city? Not really

Our sutradhaars Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss a post-mortem of how the city fared in the spate of the big drop in Air Quality Index levels...

05.11.2024 10

Fiona Fernandez

Art on the Metro, say what?

Our sutradhaars wonder if the newly-made stations along the Metro III line will continue to look like dull, uninspiring spaces or if they can...

28.10.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

Getting lit about heritage

A recent gathering of the city’s heritage community served as a glaring reminder of the need for younger people to come to the fore when the...

21.10.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

Whose facade is it, anyway?

Our sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora are appalled at the turn of events last week that lead to an unrecognisable avatar of Bandra fort File...

14.10.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

Life in a Metro

Somehow, our sutradhaars managed to get fly-on-the-wall access on the inaugural train ride of Metro-3. Naturally, they had plenty to discuss when...

08.10.2024 3

Fiona Fernandez

City of grinding halts

Our sutradhaars, Sir PM and Lady Flora, gauge how the city and its custodians fared during the monsoon season this year. The report card did not...

30.09.2024 20

Fiona Fernandez

Lessons from the east

Our sutradhaars, Sir PM and Lady Flora, discuss a few interesting observations from Calcutta after the former returned from a visit. It got them...

23.09.2024 8

Fiona Fernandez

The fine art of disruption

Our sutradhaars worry for the city as far as a sense of concern for fellow citizens goes; this is based on their observations of an increasing lack...

03.09.2024 30