On one of less awkward weekly catch-up calls, Bees and Kablers got together to play a game Mary had devised. The game involved answering a bunch of questions from “What was your worst date?” to “What’s the silliest thing you believed as a child?”.
You remember slam books, right? Those slim, rectangular journals your friends would ask you to fill up, typically on the last day of class before school closed for session break? They would have forms with questions about your sun sign, hobbies, chosen travel destination, favourite food, best friend, dream job and things like that. I remember filling a bunch of them in my teen years, taking time to write honest and innovative answers each time someone handed me their slam book (yes, I took it very seriously, no regrets). A lot of my answers changed over the years (favourite food changed from Fried Hilsa to Chicken Biriyani to Crispy Lotus Stem; best friend changed from.. no maybe I shouldn’t go there). But one answer remained the same. Under dream job, I always put ‘Writer’.
Mumbai. Not just a city but living emotion. A sensory experience that beats in tune with the heart of every Mumbaikar. Being an outsider, I always watched Mumbai in movies with all the cliches like flying pigeons at the Gateway of India or the slums of Dharavi or the ubiquitous Ganesh Visarjan and Ganpati pandals. There was even an era where Bollywood films only featured the crimes and underworld of Mumbai.
A cup of coffee is a liquid hug to the brain!
Coffee is wake-up calls; coffee is late night work; coffee is a first date, and a break-up tonic all rolled into one. Coffee is that friend who knows what can make any situation better. But what do we know about our friend, coffee?
Our 5 favourite thali joints in Bombay that everyone should visit
November 3, 2017 in Bee to People, Mumbai, StoriesSo what is it about a thali that drives people in Bombay crazy for one? You just have to say the word thali and every Mumbaikar worth their salt will tell you about the five best thali joints you don’t know in Bombay. Having been to many of Bombay’s “renowned” and lesser-known joints across all corners (wait, do islands have corners?) of Bombay, Bee too are united with all those people who drool at the very mention of a thali. Continue reading »
What is the purpose of your face?
If you’ve watched Home, a wondrous, animated chocolate cake of a movie starring Jim Parsons and Rihanna, you probably smiled when you saw this gif. Probably even giggled a little. Continue reading »
For a little over four months now, our nine-year happy relationship with Airtel has been under a lot of stress. We’ve been plagued by an awful internet connection that drops as frequently as it slows down. If one of us is using the internet to upload a video to Facebook or backup to Dropbox, the other has to wait around, because the connection becomes unusable, even to browse a static website.