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I think Uri is Yami's best of her career. I say so because Uri helped review her carrer which was not going well. Bala which released soon in the same year as Uri helped here get two back to back hits. Nevertheless Article 370 was good too. Haq was a character movie and did quite well on OTT.

The NEET paper leak should have led to sacking of the education minister. That should have addressed the student concern genuinely, but as usual these tubelights can't take steps at the right time. Recently many protestors had gathered at Shivaji Park in Dadar to protest against this. Many were driven in police vans when situation was out of control. A huge sum of money and social media posts to instigate youth in protest seems to be main cause of the crowd. The whole protest seems to be staged to me - nobody in mumbai has time for such a protest. Not even the Mumbai student age crowd will gather for this stuff. ABVP is alsoa politcal student union which gets into wrong things because of plitical influence but It is a shame to see even foreign influence in Mumbai in a wrong way. Even some students of well to do families are falling prey to this. The poor anyways will get some daily cash like they ask for to participate in election rallies.

Very likely to be one-sided match tonight.

Anupam Kher, another Kashmiri who is one of the best actor in Bollywood. The scenes in which he pleads with couple of babus- first at the juinor officers desk followed by the scene where he pleads after he walks another floor and enters the AO's cabin telling the struggle he has to go to get his sons ashes is mindblowing. An apt visual of the Indian bureaucratic system.That was his debut film.

I doubt reading is your hobby considering you have said that there is no freedom of expression in Indian print media. Or maybe you’re an avid reader, but you’re just trying to deliberately paint a negative picture of Indian media with an agenda. I’ve read some weird statements, but this one of yours takes the cake.

Even cribuzz and cricinfo journalists are no different than social media ones. Miss the articles of late Dwarkanath Sanzgiri. Did not have a twitter or instagram handle though as these were not available during those decades, but boy he did write so well in the times of print media.

We have been winning ICC trophies in white ball cricket for fun in last two years. I won't out it past this team to win ODI WC as well. In the last edition, the tema won all matches but the finals against Australia who are one of the best opponents in the finals.

Scoring like ODI in a T20i finals against a strong bstting lineup of RCB.

Why did GT panic? Jos Buttler was No 3. for GT since he joined them, suddenly we see today the management has deviated form the long standing plan. instead they throw a non-performing rookie (Nishant Sindhu) at No3.

Bofors Scam , Chara Ghotala, 2G Scam, Coal allocation scam, Telgi scam, Augusta Westland, Adarsh Scam just from the top of my head.

Remember the verse from the song 'Dil to Pagal Hai'. Manzil to rahi dhund lete hai, raste magar kho jate hai. Likweise, MI ek aisa rahi hai jo apni Manzil dhund lega, bas rasta bhatak gaya hai. Yeh woh rahi hai jo Manzil paya hai 5 baar. MI will win 6th time as well. Winning IPL trophy is very tough. For some perspective in context of 18 years of IPL, DC,PBKS and LSG has won nothing, RCB took 18 years to win first IPL, RR haven't won since 2008, GT once, SRH twice, and KKR thrice. At times there will be seasons when MI too will struggle. MI has a great legacy with 5 IPL trophies in the cupboard. There will be always be Up's and Down's , and MI has seen more ups than any other IPL Franchisee. This is a downward phase that it has to go through as a cricket team. Other teams have not even won IPL even once , there are only few who have won IPL just once, only one team has won thrice and the elite MI and CSK have won 5 times. No wonder, MI and CSK has gone through the peak success phase and the downward stage is just a natural progression of the next upward phase which will follow. As Mumbaites, we need to realize we are the best and most successful franchisee and being Mumbaite we need to support it fully.

Very succinct post of yours. Not much to add as you have summed up the valuation aspect properly. They all know that if this gets legalized, they will receive a massive payout running into lakhs and crores for an asset they didn't pay a single rupee for. Taxpayers' money should never be wasted on rehabilitating individuals without legal property titles. To handle the matter humanely, authorities should simply issue the standard eviction or demolition notices required by anti-encroachment laws.

My grandparents were in Singapore more than 60 years back. Never stayed personally in Singapore though. Having seen their currency notes and coins many decades back, all I know is their currency is more valued than ours. Their cost of living is high and average salary is also much better there. And the food hanging on rods and non-veg food of what not creatures kept in jars as well. I do not expect a Singapore in Mumbai, but what I can certainly say (and much appreciated) is that although the development of Mumbai has happened at slow pace, the times when machinery and ever growing number of personnel in construction sector with more experience in major projects, significant improvement an still happen with proper top level thought process an guidance of the experts. People all over India show similar traits - more belief in what is said in speeches than looking at the on ground reality as the tenure of government unfolds and ends up. As you rightly said people like churan and hence it sells. Governments are doing their bit in Maharashtra but nobody has ended corruption at all. Nobody is interested. The development is happening at snails pace as I see projects behind schedule by more than 2 years, contracts getting cancelled and what not. Corruption is root and major cause which delays and hampers quality of development. I do acknowledge the reality that no country in the world is corruption free, none is holier than thou, however, the amount of black money and corruption in India is increasing. No matter who comes and who goes, apparently corruptions is more prevalent here and it is there to stay for sure. Mumbai cannot be Singapore, even India as a whole cannot be Singapore with all its resources. the dynamics would just not allow it to happen. The population, the size, the civil sense, the corruption, the law and order is very distinct. What is feasible to achieve though is a well developed Mumbai in a significantly much better state; this has to be the objective. Juhu Beach is easily accessible than some of the other beaches in the Island city. People spit on roads at blink of an eyes. Throwing cigarette butts and used up beedis on roadside and beaches is another cheap habit. Plastics, glass bottles and garbage being thrown on beachess carelessly without any guilt does not helps. Civic sense is not ingrained in majority of the population. Needless to say, this is bound to happen.Just not Juhu, the litter can be seen in a lot of places. Garbage collectors have to do the work which should not even be there to do. You are right to state than Mumbai infra has been better than 20+ years. The first major and crucial project for Mumbai in my lifetime was the 52 flyovers by Shiv Sena (Under Balasaheb Thackeray). Previously a local train running on Western Railways line would have to stop at every station as every station had a east-to-west road crossing. The then newly built such east-to-west flyovers ensured that the trains now do not have to stop between every station. The commuting time is saved. The Congress and INC also took the development projects. This was the time when BJP was virtually out of Maharashtra governments since decades. Even first Mumbai metro construction (Versova to Ghatkopar) on a very choked second most used road in Mumbai(industrial line near Marol, marol MIDC, Saki Naka, Chakala) happened somewhere between 2008 to 2015. The Bandra - Worli Sea-link was one of the ambitious project completed in India. It was all about INC, NCP, Shiv Sena. In recent years where BJP could form government on basis of alliance with Shiv Sena, they too have carried on the good work done in past by Shiv Sena, NCP, INC by developing more metro routes, construction of Atal Setu, Coastal road and the Metro Aqua Line which runs underground connecting South Mumbai to various wards of Mumbai and ending up at JVLR Junction. All parties have done their part and I appreciate their work very much. Now, what is required is: 1. Getting rid of illegals and deport them to the countries they come from and end up in Mumbai. 2. Demolition of illegal structures, be it shanties, illegal slums, illegal structures of any other category. 3. Some decentralization in commercial aspects. BKC has helped quite a lot in a way but Mumbai can do with few more such planned commercialized spaces. 3. Proper planning of the residential premises around the vastly improved public infrastructure. 4. Addition of local railways running parallel to the existing routes. This would mean increased frequency for public rail transport. 5. Better connectivity of Public Bus transport and increased frequency of buses which have very high demand.

The temporary or permanent settlements are not possible without political support. No wonder these are known as 'Vote Banks'. I recall that some party (iirc SS) had declared that some slums developed before a specific year would get legal status. Many slums have cropped up even after that year, are those slums going to get legal status by some other ruling. Mumbai needs a proper planning. The Navi Mumbai airport has been constructed and went semi-operational in Dec 2025 to take care of increased load on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj airport. It helps in a way that people in adjoining cities like Thane and Navi Mumbai do not have to used Mumbai roads for traveling using some air routes. I think most of the slums around the airport must be having legal status now. If having legal status, they can be shifted away from airport using SRA etc to free up space for better efficiency in airport operations. A full new architecture planning. Those in power should first show enough selflessness to get rid of illegal dwellings without without accommodating them in SRA schemes for these. Every party is having 'Vote banks' (some legal slums) and they look to keep it that way than make proper channelized efforts in city planning. Every person in a city consumes lot of water a day for various day-to-day purposes like potable water for drinking, bathing, hygiene needs, kitchen consumption. Without going into proper apportioning, let us say about 100 - 125 litres. Imagine how much water can be saved if Mumbai gets rid of lakhs of illegals consuming these resources meant for legal and law abiding citizens of the state / city. It also lessens load on public transport. The indirect effect on the city can be realized in various other aspects as well like electricity consumption of the city etc.

Bandra has always had these slum issues , both in Bandra East and West. In previous decades the slums nearby HDIL office used to be demolished but stone pelting used to happen. Few times there were fires at slums near HDIL. Now after court ruling Garib Nagar slum in vicinity of the Bandra station is being acted upon. This slum is worse than the areas of South Mumbai like Pydhonie, Dongri, Mohammed Ali Road. The slums at Mumbra and Bhiwandi are also illegal with shanties growing into concrete houses. These illegal slums wherein many Bangladeshis stay suck the money of taxes paid by Indian citizens. They also get electricity by theft from cables, water without any water taxes. Legal property owners pay property tax every year and water bill every month. Bangladeshis and other illegals settling in Mumbai use resources illegally. illegals need to be sent back to the country or city they come from. Not only these illegals bring their whole family in spite of themselves being illegals, but they also bring and tie 3 or 4 goats and what not outside their illegal zopdis. The foul stinky smell emanates from these areas. It really is horrible environment and I wonder how people stay in such dirty areas with total lack of hygiene.