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Britannia Glucose D biscuits had employed Sholay's Gabbar Singh to push their product over Parle's Glucose biscuits. Here's that Ad in print. Remember? Read Full Story

Indians are getting richer. More than 130,000 people now have net worth more than $1 million. So how do these individuals manage their money? Bulk of it is in stocks, bonds, mutual funds. But they also avail of wealth management and private banking services that allows them to get the following. 1. Structured Products and Notes Principal protected notes that allows them to protect from the market downturn without sacrificing the entire upturn if the market soars. Typically, for a fee as a... Read Full Story

Following the terrostist attacks by Pakistani cowards, and after 21 months of reconstruction and renovation , Mumbai's The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower is ready to reopen its rooms. Taj Palace Ballroom - Mumbai Taj Palace Old Wing Passageway The stately old rooms and hallways of the hotel will reopen for guests on Sunday,said Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group. While most of the hotel reopened less than a month after the attack, the oldest part of the 107-year old hotel – the palace wing... Read Full Story

Religion is a big deal in Mumbai and given the city's diversity, each day of the week has its popular temple or dargah, or church. Here are those places. Monday Balbulnath Temple (Lord Shiva) at Grant Road. Tuesday Siddhivinayak Temple (Lord Ganesh), Prabhadevi. Wednesday St Michael's Church, Mahim. Thursday Mahalaxmi Temple, Mahalaxmi. Friday Haji Ali Dargah, Mumbai Central Saturday Hanuman and shani Dev Temple across the city. Read Full Story

Mumbai has nearly 14 million residents. Given that size, the number of public hospital beds is woefully inadequate. There are top class private hospitals to complement the public hospitals and that combination just might do the trick. Read Full Story

The remains of Hindi cinema’s finest stalwarts including Madhubala, Mohammed Rafi, Naushad and Sahir Ludhianvi have been disposed of and their tombs demolished to make space for new bodies. Authorities manning the Juhu Muslim cemetery where they are interred say they were forced to take this step, and that it is in consonance with Islamic law. The Muslim burial ground located opposite Juhu Garden was a paradise of sorts, given that luminous artistes like Rafi, Madhubala, Naseem Bano... Read Full Story

Sportsfield Cooperative Housing Society is the first and only housing society of its kind. Sunil Gavaskar , Ravi Shastri, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ajit Wadekar live there. 1700 square yards land on lease for 99 years from the Maharashtra Government kicked off the project to build a apartment complex for sportsmen in 1984. It was completed in 1987. Each floor has two flats - except for the eight and ninth which are occupied by Sunil Gavaskar and Ajit Wadekar . The building loverlooks the Wankhede... Read Full Story

In the 1970s, when Indian cricket was hovering near the top of the world , the image of Eknath Solkar diving for a catch was as firmly embedded in the collective consciousness of a nation as Sunil Gavaskar's straight drive or the skills of India's spin quartet. "We would never have been as effective without Solkar at short leg," Bishan Bedi once said. Eknath Dhondu Solkar, who died of a heart attack aged 57, was sometimes called the `poor man's Garry Sobers' because he could bat anywhere, and... Read Full Story

Work on Mumbai Metro is moving at full force. Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line of 11 km will be ready by December 2010 and work will begin soon on 32 km Chrkop-Bandra-Mankhurd line. It will be completed by 2016. There is a also a plan to create an intersection station at D.N. Nagar. Commuter can switch from one line to another to have seamless connectivity. When the metro stations are located near a suburban railway station, commuters will be able to switch the lines there as well. Exciting... Read Full Story

South Mumbai is where business, Government, and commercial and wholesale markets were concentrated. This was a huge boon to the area when the population of the city was manageable. However, the same advantage was a big contributor to the traffic congestion in the city. MMRDA has been relocating wholesale markets from South Mumbai to outside of the Greater Mumbai area - to Thane and Navi Mumbai. Markets for onion, potato, sugar, spices and condiments, dry fruits, iron and steel have already... Read Full Story