Mumbai : my city
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So the merry month of May is coming to an end. And with it the famed Alphonso mango will bid farewell. As will the flaming red Gulmohars and glorious yellow cousin the Rusty Shield bearer . Alas this year, the blooms have been fewer and the heat hotter. Can heat be anything but hot ? Read more
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Ice apples aren’t made from ice and they grow on palm tree ! Read more
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Gathia is a popular Gujerati snack – deep-fried chickpea flour crispies that are favourite with every Mumbaikar. Oftentimes the mere mention of the word sets us drooling. Now, what, you may ask, is the connection between the Gathias and the Seagulls? Every winter the migratory gulls stopover in Mumbai like many of our own ‘snowbirds’. Read more
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