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By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building Kanakia Miami standing on…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The then Home Minister R.R. Patil pleaded helplessness of the government. He said the government lacks the political…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray presence. A sound barrier…
By Vidyadhar Date |
It was a pleasant surprise this morning to see the space under the flyover used so imaginatively. I had a nice walk…
By Vidyadhar Date |
A premier library is being eyed by some as a real estate bonanza. The Mumbai Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya near…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The only thing appropriate about this public art installation seems to be its location. It shows two fishermen carrying…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs &…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Swachh Bharat mission is a good idea. But often it becomes farcical because of poor implementation as happened this…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Abki Baar Modi Sarkar was the election slogan. That has not helped people. What can be a good slogan and solution from…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In Mumbai, the textile mill areas have been devastated and replaced by swanky high towers with rank bad planning of the…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Babasaheb Purandare, who passed away yesterday at the age of 99, perhaps did more than anyone to spread the cult of…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Saira Banoo has thanked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, his son Aditya, Sharad Pawar and Sachin Ahir for the farewell…
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Baburao Shelar was a corporator for 17 years in working class Sewree in Mumbai from 1968 to 1985. But all his life he…
By Vidyadhar Date |
It is this very public space that civic administrations are determined to make private and increase hardships of common…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
CMC is a national resource. All of India’s neurosurgeons were grandchildren, great-grandchildren, of CMC-trained people…