'They (the government) want to tame everything.' 'The entire systems they are trying to change.'
Mini Ribeiro lists her 10 favourite biryani places in Mumbai.
Readers' photos of Lord Ganesh at their homes
'Like you have your first child, your first kiss, your first relationship... this was a first for me.' 'I've never done this before.' 'When it got over, there was a feeling of disbelief that we managed to attain this feat in a matter of three days.'
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
What dos and don'ts should people in Maharashtra follow with the state government notifying The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 lockdown orders?
'Corona will go on for more than six months now in Mumbai city.' 'It cannot vanish within just two or three months.' 'This infection may remain there in communities, somewhere or the other, like swine flu.'
'He had a carry bag made of plastic. One pistol came out of it. There was also a magazine which had three rounds. And a mobile and a Rs 100 currency note.' No prizes for guessing who that was...
The first of the series of readers' photos on Ganeshotsav 2013.
Bollywood gives Shashi Kapoor a final salute.
The most experienced administrator in the country seems to have sat back and allowed bureaucrats and policemen to manage the lockdown, observes Jyoti Punwani.
'It will take me a while to process the meaning of the loss of a man who meant so much to me through my entire life,' says Aseem Chhabra.
'Frankly, no one is prepared for Begin Again or whatever this is called.'
He is 54, but looks far better than he did when he was a supermodel in his 20s and 30s. Cooler still is his vibe. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel catches up with Milind Soman, fitness icon and businessman.
A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus. Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius.
With Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium, the "English-medium" actor of independent movies shows she can easily fit into mainstream Hindi movies too.
'I am proud of Maharashtra and the city of Mumbai, that this is a state which has done more number of tests than any state in India.' 'The more you test, the more number of cases you will pick up.' 'If you do not do the tests, then you are groping in the dark.'
'These guys did not even issue an apology to me and were taken back into the party.' 'They were reinstated on the grounds that they will contribute to the Congress campaign.'
Before liberalisation, the strict norms had often stifled entrepreneurs looking beyond the boundaries of the country, and scalability was a taboo.
Some police encounters that stunned India.
'I am more worried about the rainy season from June.' 'If you don't bury the COVID-19 dead properly, then rainwater will seep into the dead bodies and it will come to our locality where I fear more than 2,000 people will be affected.'
'People have realised they bought into the prime minister's package and it is empty.'
Telly folk step out for a glamorous night.
The alliance won 41 of the 48 seats leaving the Congress-NCP combine with just 5 seats.
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
Bollywood pays their last respects to the Legend.
After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?
Send us your Ganesha photos and we'll showcase them here
'It wasn't as if the senior police inspectors in charge of the police stations were not aware of the communal tension that was being created in their areas before and during the riots.' 'Yet they chose not to act,' recalls Jyoti Punwani.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
All you must know about the young batting sensation now on the verge of playing for India
Tendulkar pointed out that Mumbai's success percentage in Ranji games was 47 per cent. 'If I say it's unbelievable it's an understatement.'
It's time to celebrate the Roshan family and their music.
The mohalla committee movement in Mumbai celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend. The movement, which was born in the wake of the horrific Mumbai riots of 1992-1993, has played an important role in ensuring that Hindu-Muslim riots do not recur in the Maximum City.
Bollywood's last salute to Sridevi
Among the mourners were Anupam Kher who acted with Sridevi in many movies, and Satish Kaushik who acted with and directed her.
Chandrashekhar Sawant halted the train by applying the emergency brake when he saw the debris falling as the train was approaching the collapsing bridge.
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