Inside Mumbai's iconic BMC

Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com takes us on a tour inside the iconic BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters, whose doors were thrown open for the first time ever for tourists.  ......

Mumbai, no longer a citizen's city

Mahesh Vijapurkar laments the decay and decline of India's premier city. The chaos that Mumbai experienced in the first three days of this monsoon speaks volumes about how the city is run, or put......

Mumbai runs because of its people, not rulers

If the city runs, it is thanks to the people who brave every odd. The city has to thank the people, not its governors for its survival, says Mahesh Vijapurkar. When the grand building to house......

Mumbai needs an aesthetic counsellor

The city needs simple solutions, which look at each problem not in isolation, but as part of a totality called a city, its people, and their needs, says Mahesh Vijapurkar. Chandrashekhar Burande, a......