History talks about Bombay’s seven islands. But the Portuguese saw only four, while the British saw two. The real number will surprise you
14 January,2025 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Dress codes are designed to tell you that you are not one of a kind, and don’t you get uppity. A dress code is how you are kept in your place
07 January,2025 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
It’s a moment of epiphany to realise that mankind’s problem is not how to end a conversation but why start it in the first place
31 December,2024 06:50 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Six persons per square metre is the norm. Mumbai’s locals carry 16 at rush hour. I learnt what this means when I boarded the Virar Fast
24 December,2024 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
They bombard their customers with useless messages daily. It’s an epidemic where everyone shouts and no one hears anyone
17 December,2024 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
The bookshop had planned a luminous evening of conversation between a beloved star and a visionary author. Here’s what happened
10 December,2024 08:25 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Among ancient hard drives, I found a glitchy file with words apparently translated from the original Aramaic words of Jesus
03 December,2024 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
In 1968, George Harrison gave a guitar to a Bandra family. Not realising that the musical instrument was a gift, they kept it in their store room and forgot about it
26 November,2024 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Can the law stop a person from being multi-faceted? How many skills should one have in a world where skills become obsolete overnight?
19 November,2024 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
We turn the page and move on now, from wars, brutality, rapes, genocides, lies. How can we bring outrage back into our lives?
12 November,2024 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y GopinathADVERTISEMENT
