tHe mUmBai XP - shopping and more!!

Helloooooooo from Hot and Humid Mumbai !!

Well another day just flew by.... and.. you can just feel the pace here.. its so fast.. you never know when a day passes by..!.. anyways.. here is a short xp sharing fr the say..

Went to this cousin Mamas place in Napean Sea Road.. who is my mom's first cousin.. they were very very nice.. was wondering y didnt i meet them b4... but mami (aunt) and mama (uncle) were very friendly and not like usual cousins !!.. anyways.. after lunch we went around the city.. (me, mami and mom).. i bought 4 DVDs for 50 Each, and in total of 22 movies !!( avg of 5 movies per dvd) .. now thats what you call a wholesale deal !!...

After which we went to this nice place called Phoenix Mills High Street... its a simple high street concept of branded stores, pantaloons, lifestyle, MCD, Dominos, Big bazaar etc etc.. bought a trouser and picked up food at MCD.. well.. my general impression is that the retail outlook is almot same now in all metros.. this place was quite similar to City Center.. ofcourse the Pantaloons was much bigger here.. but almost the same collection and prize...


anyways.. i picked up this book called : It happened in India - an autobiography by Kishor Biyani.. the founder of Pantaloons... at 99 bucks its a good read.. (just started).. its about how a small time entrepreneur made it big !!.. will be interesting...

Anyways... came back.. and read the Dhirubhai Ambani - the man i knew - book written by Kokila Ambani.. man.. this guy dreamt big and had the guts as all of us know.. but there are only a few things i like about Dhirubhai.. not everything.. and this book was a drag.. the same things repeated again and again and again.. !!.. it was like a flashback only.. nothing else....

I return to kolkata next wednesday and the weekend will be fun.. will chill with Sid, Priya and deepu.. if they are free and then with my cousins in boriwali. .. it will b nice fun b4 goin back to good ol borin kolkata !!

And... here is a glimpse of the invite sent to special people fr Mukesh Ambanis 50th birthday... :)


cheers till then

Niks