Kapil's Korner

Luxury services spoil you. Last month I made multiple trips to the suburbs and preferred to use the Air Conditioned cab services over the local trains. And anybody who has booked an AC cab in Mumbai will tell you the good times and bad times when you can get a cab easily.Thankfully, there are about [...]

This morning I saw the ambient work done for the new series of Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Surprisingly it doesn’t have a mention of the channel’s name but instead a logo of Garnier Men. I really feel the message could have been done much better than this. It reminded me [...]

Mumbai, hold your breathPrivate swimming pools with DB homes Spotted this hoarding at one of the busy traffic junction of South Mumbai. Seriously, can our city really afford to have private swimming pools? Isn’t the recent spate of water cuts a wake up call to all of us and that too a RUDE one. considering [...]

15th August 2009 – While the rest of the country celebrated 62 years of independence from the Raj, I think a handful of Mumbaikars celebrated the independence to occupy a little space on the streets. The weekend witnessed The Wall Project. The aim was to get the local artists and enthusiastic citizens to paint a [...]

If you’ve been an old timer on this blog, you will know that in April 2007, Nirav and me organised the Mumbai Photo Marathon. The event got featured in the April issue of Time Out Mumbai – Rachel explores the various amateur photography clubs in the city. The pace was manic at the Mumbai Photo [...]

Politicians murdabad!Pakistan chor haiRaj Thackeray kahan hai?Bharat mata ki jai These were some of the slogans one could hear amidst the crowds which had gathered at Colaba to participate in the Peace March to pay respect to all those who had lost their lives in the recent Mumbai Terror Attacks. This was also an opportunity [...]

Frantic search for Sabina continues-India-The Times of IndiaScary. The last message she sent to her husband – “They are in my bathroom”. After which there has been no news from Sabina. As of Friday evening there was no confirmation on what happened to her. Mumbai Mirror – Terrorists partied before mayhem near Leopold, News – [...]

The morning you wanted everything would be calmful but … 4.15AM Thursday MorningI finally hit the bed after watching the news channels for over 6 hours in an attempt to keep up with the latest developments. Every loud explosive noise I heard was immediately being checked on TV to know where and what the attack [...]

Thoughts from tonight’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai city… The news was shocking. But the loud explosion sounds were scary and reminded me of the afternoon from the Mumbai ’93 blasts. I would say, this terror strike has been the most gruesome. The modus operandi of random firings, grenade attacks and taking foreigners as hostages seem [...]

After missing out on the opportunity last year, I was determined to photograph this year’s Ganesh Visarjan. I went closer home at Badhwar Park but was disappointed by the low activity and so moved on to visit the biggest visarjan centre in Mumbai – Girgaum Chowpatty. A few lessons from the photo activity I learnt [...]