Drove over both WEH and EEH today. Calling them "highways" is the biggest joke in Mumbai.
โSurprise deep potholes, non-existent lane markings, zero reflectors, and a surface that feels like off-roading.
How is a megapolis paying this much tax and getting road conditions this pathetic?
Is anyone else facing network problem at #borivali station ? The jio network simply stops working in-between.
The feed on SM platform doesnt updates, call doesnt get connect.
This is happening since atleast 30 days. @WesternRly@JioCare
The real auto mafia problem in Mumbai:
They block access roads outside railway stations, prevent Ola/Uber from picking up passengers and decide who gets to leave the station.
Borivali. Bandra. Thane. Same story.
Who gave them this power?
And why is the government still looking the other way?
#AutosForSoBo
@smitadeshmukh Sometime i think city like Mumbai needs a seprate CEO.. who manages and run administration seprately, has powers to take some day to day decision to tackle things faster and reports to higher authority on periodic basis.
Personal loans grew more than 100% in last 4 yrs (src: latest RBI data)
70% of iPhones sold in India are on EMIs.
Gen Zs are taking loans for concerts, vacations etc.
Indians are copying Americans but you should know how bad their consequences have been:
One 2026 poll found more than a third of working Americans are left with $0 at monthโs end and nearly 40% with less than $50.
37% will not be able to cover a sudden $400 expense even after maxing out their credit cards.
These are just some top-of-the-surface stats I'm sharing. It's far more terrible โ will share in a post some other day.
So don't copy their concepts like "YOLO", i.e., you only live once. Because if you do, their consequences will also be imposed on you.
Live your life, but don't forget to earn before spending.
I have said this many times and I'll repeat it โ the retirement problem is going to get really bad in India.
People won't be able to retire and you'll start seeing this problem becoming extremely big within one decade from now.
There was a time when a holiday overseas began the moment you touched down at your destination airport.
The sheer expanse. The travelators. The duty-free stores bursting with an abundance of alcohol, perfumes, dark glasses, watches, scarves and handbags.
We, the perennially starved of plenty, were awestruck.
The holiday mood began right there.
But today, Heathrow, Frankfurt, Charles de Gaulle - they all look jaded compared with our airports. In need of a serious up-grade.
And though I am now satiated by the abundance that duty-free stores offer, the sheer pleasure of seeing it all at our airports remains undiminished.
Perhaps that joy can only be understood by those who once experienced so little.
From Indira Gandhi International to Dubai International, the journey was seamless. A smooth, effortless flow that would have seemed almost unimaginable to us once.
And now, yes, letโs clean up our cities.
It is so doable. It is such low-hanging fruit.
Cleaner streets, better-maintained public spaces, less litter, greater civic discipline. These are not grand, impossible ambitions. They are within our reach.
And the payoff will be far greater than just making us more attractive to visitors.
It will make us feel good about where we live.
And perhaps that is the most important payoff of all.
@drmbct@hrssh_tweet@WesternRly@DRMBRCWR Also the two back to back rajdhani needs to have some time gap. Also the numbers are very similar 12951 12953. Many are confused at borivali station.
Luckily the platform and coach position of both are same