PHOTOS: Massive fire breaks out at Colaba Causeway

A major fire broke out on Thursday in a five-storeyed commercial-cum-residential building in Mumbai but there were no casualties as its occupants, including some foreigners, were swiftly evacuated,......

Colaba shuts down ahead of Obama's arrival

South Mumbai wears a deserted look hours before US President Barack Obama's arrival in the city. Traffic, including taxis, is still moving freely albeit cautiously on Colaba Causeway. But traffic......

Voices: 'You have to vote -- that's our right'

With polling in Mumbai just three days away, everyone has an opinion about the next government in the country, and merchants and shopowners at the popular Colaba Causeway aren’t far behind.......

The orphans of 26/11

Pir Pasha, a waiter at the Leopold Cafe on Colaba Causeway, was shot dead by terrorists on November 26. He left behind a widow and five children. Though his brother Chand, who also worked at the......

Rentals go through the roof on high street

While many malls in the country are going vacant and space supply surpassing demand in many cities, shortage of quality space and heavy demand from retailers for high-footfall areas have pushed up......

Trying times at Patel Stores

At the southern tip of Bombay, where Colaba Causeway meets Wodehouse Road, wedged between Flashman Cleaners ("Curtains, Carpets, our Specialty") and Teenage Library, is Patel General Stores.......

Delhi's Khan Market world's 24th costliest street

Upscale Khan Market in New Delhi has slipped by 7 notches to the 24th position in the list the 60 most expensive retail high streets in the world this year, says a global survey. On other hand,......

Creating urban commons

If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Image: 50 per cent of our workforce is trapped in......

The Saaho Review

There's no head or tails to anything that happens in Saaho, says Sukanya Verma. Recent studies say a human being's attention span is now less than a goldfish’s. But......

The lady behind the Sanju and Fanney Khan looks

'Sanjay Dutt was a very stylish person. He created his own style; he did not follow trends.''He wasn't a tapori, he was grand.''Also, whatever he wore, reflected what was going on in his life.'......