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If we had to pick a representative colour for our city, what would it be? Let’s pull out a possible shade card and see what comes together
The city falls woefully short of public spaces to read and consume literature. Sutradhaars Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora wonder if this can be addressed...
Many heritage landmarks in the city have earned nods from the world body for their historicity or restoration. But is enough being done to protect...
Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora discuss the lack of safe, open public spaces, especially for its children who continue to be denied of such basic...
With the recent passing of the writer, the curtains come down on the lives of India’s decorated chronicler couple who made wanderlust cool, well...
Our sutradhaars Lady Flora and Sir Pheroze discuss why the city ought to extend its cultural footprint with affordable, accessible festivals all year...
Two distinctly different scenarios featuring young readers in two far-off corners of the city, sprung up pleasant surprises and reiterated how the...
With the BMC elections scheduled for Thursday, our sutradhaars share their well-researched wishlist, hoping that elected corporators will finally walk...
Is it economics that nudges regional restaurants in tourist hubs to play safe, and curate generic, uninspiring menus? Aren’t they destroying their...
With civic elections nearing, in their last midnight gupshup session of 2025, our sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora, discuss what they don’t...
As Christmas approaches, it’s time to whet the appetite by stepping into a typical Anglo-Indian family kitchen that serves up delightful wordplay...
Sutradhaars, Sir PM and Lady Flora, have decided to devote more time to their weekly walkabouts. Today, both are deep in discussion over the design of...
It had to take literary and theatre icon Shanta Gokhale’s honest and thoughtful acceptance speech at a recent books’ awards ceremony to remind us...
Our sutradhaars discuss a cool innovation that’s a godsend for bibliophiles in France, where its old city buses across its towns and rural routes...
Originally constructed as a multicultural, middle-class neighbourhood, and an ode to Art Deco architecture, Hindu Colony will lose its socio-cultural...
Our sutradhaars, Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss that with the phasing out of open spaces across the city due countless urban planning oversights, its...
Being custodian of a historic culinary legacy, that too, of favoured Indian fare, requires loads of perseverance, as we discovered, and realised why...
The unfiltered vulnerability that cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues displayed after steering her country to a historic semi-final win over Australia last...
It’s important for parents and schools to encourage youngsters to experience the joys of cultural and literary events as the season commences in the...
As Bombaywallahs grapple with unpredictable weather throughout 2025, including a recent wet pre-Diwali spell, our sutradhaars wonder when the penny...
The city recently hosted another big dignitary — the British Prime Minister — and it once again went into overdrive to ensure the cover-up job was...
A backbencher ACJian remembers TJS George, a trailblazer who strode hurdle-ridden landscape of print journalism in India like a colossus for seven...
As the city museum begins work to create a detailed digital archive to document its heritage landmarks, including the sites at risk, sutradhaars Sir...
High-rises have come to lord it over the sky, and populate the once-green, planned suburb of Mulund. Today, it’s rapidly transformed streetscape...
Kolkata’s potter neighbourhoods are being reimagined, thanks to inspiring plans by students. We wonder if their Dharavi counterparts can also dare...
A fly-on-the-wall account on how citizens are fiercely protective of their surroundings, and do everything to keep it clean, including ensuring that...
While the name might draw a blank in the minds of today’s new-age, self-titled historians and heritage experts, the Danish chronicler who made this...
Our sutradhaars, both diehard animal lovers, discuss how friendly neighbourhoods play a key role in protecting and ensuring the welfare of these...
August 2 was observed as Anglo-Indian Day. This columnist, also from the community, raises a toast to this micro minority’s rich, complex heritage...
With the Maratha Military Landscape in Maharashtra earning UNESCO World Heritage Site status, Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss the development in their...
These are turbulent times for Mumbai’s pigeon population, and Percy, their spokesperson, isn’t having it easy while trying to curb the aggression...
The heartwarming story of a community rallying around Melbourne’s oldest bookshop to create a human chain to transport thousands of books to its new...
Our sutradhaars wonder what lies ahead for their ilk, in light of the recent signs of wear and tear that emerged on Fitzgerald Fountain
We’ve been badgered by the scant respect given to the English language for a while now, courtesy the many press releases that reach the newspaper....
As Lucknow makes a strong pitch to earn the tag of UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, now is a good time to look closer home, if our own city can...
Our sutradhaars discuss why their home city hasn’t been able to meet the expectations of the robust middle-class population, when it comes to making...
City regulars believe that Kala Ghoda Cafe is “a vibe”. But so was the shuttered Cafe Samovar. Bombaywallahs swear by both spaces, and so we must...
Monga and Thapar, two of the country’s foremost, most committed environmentalists passed away last week. With their demise, the animal world and...
Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss a few key developments from last week, including a classic rock band concert and some unhappy news about its low ranking...
A recent survey reveals fascinating data on how the tiny nation of Singapore managed to green half its area. Our sutradhaars discuss the details of...
Our sutradhaars—Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora—discuss the plight of the city and its (un)preparedness after it was hit by pre-monsoon showers last week
There are better ways to honour and celebrate our city’s icons and visionaries. Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora discuss what needs to be done to showcase...
As Bombaywallahs grapple with the news of another impending key bridge closure—the Elphinstone bridge— our sutradhaars wonder if the joke is on them
Our sutradhaars discuss the stunning as well as often ignored churches along their walking paths and neighbourhoods around Colaba to celebrate...
Fresh off their experience at the Malabar Hill walkway, our sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora, discuss the possibilities of replicating the idea...
Our sutradhaars—Sir PM and Lady Flora—wish for Bombaywallahs to visit places like Mani Bhavan to familiarise themselves with the Gandhian way of...
Our sutradhaars Sir PM and Lady Flora recap the memorable evening spent at the reopening of the F D Alpaiwalla Museum, as they rue the lack of such...
How does Mumbai measure up to its younger citizens? What are their expectations, concerns and hopes for their city? For one, they are in the know of...
As Maharashtra government raises the pitch to push for a UNESCO tag for 12 forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, our sutradhaars have a few...
Our sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora, are back from a hectic trip to a literature festival in Goa, and have much to discuss from that sojourn
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