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Mumbai is one of the only places in India that we get Victoria's, this what we call horse buggies.
Many of them are really decorated and lighted. It is real good to sit in one. Especially we get them near the sea side so we can just travel along the sea, in the night. Can be very romantic!
These buggies are found near Gateway of India and Nariman Point. Lot of bargaining can be done with the driver .
Often these horses are not treated properly, sometimes they have swollen legs. I used to think that the drivers don't care about them but now I think that the drivers barely have any money so they can't really offer the horses much especially considering the poor health care facilities for animals in India.

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Mumbai Geography

August 27th 2008 15:58

For a newbie to Mumbai the geographics of the city takes some time. Mumbai is mainly sectioned as South Mumbai, Suburbs and New Mumbai.
New Mumbai is actually a different district. It has been developed in the last few years around Mumbai city. It is a pretty big area with a large population.
South Mumbai (where I live) is where Mumbai began. It is a posh area and somewhat dull, it doesn't have much in terms of night life, bars, discos etc compared to the suburbs. But it is a very pretty stretch with the classic Marine Drive Belt, The Gateway of India and other heritage buildings and landmarks.

The suburbs on the other hand are congested and polluted but they are a lot more happening. New company outlets usually find place here. In fact the Kentucky Fried Chicken has its first and only outlet at Bandra which is a suburb. I would place Bandra as the most happening place in Mumbai.
Maybe a post on Bandra later.
Now the suburbs are newly and haphazardly made around the south mumbai, there is no real city planning hence barely any green spaces. There are a few mangroves left for which many preservation efforts are underway. I dont know whether they can be saved cause it is hard to find caring for flamingos in the government bureaucracy.

Mudflats In A Mumbai Suburb

If you get a sense of chaos in my descriptions it is because well Mumbai is quite chaotic, living in South Mumbai I barely know some of the suburban areas.
Is this how it is in your city Sydney, Melbourne wherever??

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For the want of another name!!!

June 4th 2008 13:45

In our culture the Marathas ruled bombay and surrounding territory before the Mughal invasion. Now there was this great Maratha king called Shivaji. In respect he is referred to as Chatrapati Shivaji. Now the political parties are so keen on preserving the Maratha culture in Mumbai that they went on a wide spree of renaming!
The Victoria Terminus, which is an important railway hub got renamed to Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

The Interational airport was then named Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
The museum formerly known as Prince of Wales Museum was renamed to what else but Chatrapati Shivaji Museum!!

It's not that I am really against preserving Indian culture but this reason is just being exploited by political parties and they seem to have take up Shivaji as some sort of idol or something which is totally bringing down the beauty of our culture.
More than that instead of preserving Indian culture they want to encourage Marathi culture which is so weird because the major population of Mumbai is Gujarati (not Marathi)!!

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