I saved the scariest mask for last. Remember the cartoonist-turned Hitler-loving political leader who started the Mumbai riots a while back? That’s Bal.
My Bal Thackeray mask was so scary that one of my coworkers fell over on the floor and screamed when I jumped around the corner wearing it and shouted boo. Or maybe it […]

Have you ever felt that warm and fuzzy feeling that you get when you walk into your first apartment?
Knowing that you’ve lived in plenty of apartments before, but they were all owned by relatives, or employers. That this one was yours. You’d just signed the paperwork, and been handed your keys that morning. And now, […]

Damian Willcox sent me a Toastcard!

Can someone explain to me why my copies of City Limits took 4 months to make it through customs, but a piece of toast made it in one piece from Canada to Mumbai in just over a week?
I totally ate the toast. I might die, maybe?

Most of my photo-updates end up being long tirades about how the photos don’t really do the experience justice. For this trip, that is truer than ever. The 2 day mountain trek to Bhimashankar that I took two weeks ago is one of THE experiences I’ll always remember, right up there with the typhoons, the […]

With all the insanity going on, I haven’t posted my much happier Mumbai Adventure story from last Saturday. I figure this is the perfect time to show a more lighthearted side of the city.

On Saturday, I took a trip to Haji Ali. It’s a muslim mosque that is located in the sea. It can be […]

The news was just hitting as I walked into work on Tuesday evening. Many of the agents were on the phones taking calls, most of the staff was in the cafeteria, glued to the tvs. Nearly all of them would have ridden to work on those very trains, possibly the ones just before the blast.
All […]

I’m still not entirely sure what’s going on myself, but I figured I’d better make the “I’m okay” post before the news hits the international media.
A few minutes ago, a series of bomb blasts took place on Mumbai trains.
Yes, this is the same train line I take most weekends but I wasn’t on it. […]