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It’s official we are heading back to the mainframe model, with a dumb terminal (now called a web browser) and the mainframe machine (now called cloud computing). It’s hard to believe the computer wonks at IBM had it right the first time around. It seems as my laptop gets more powerful, I’m pushing more of my [...]

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While countries like Hong Kong are lowering taxes and attracting MORE business the locals in Bombay feel the opposite works. In yet another attempt to drive people out of the city the Bombay Muncipal Authority (BMC) is debating whether to tax rental rates at 41.5%.  The way they are planning to tax people is the following:
Rs 100,000 - Residential rent
Rs [...]

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People use the newspaper as a source of information but if you were looking to buy property in Bombay the papers were of no use. Below are two recent front page headlines:
Friday, May 2nd (Times of India) - Flat prices frozen till Diwali
Saturday, May 3rd (DNA) - Property prices head south, fall of 15-20%
The Times [...]

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I wrote about Mukesh Ambani’s monster home called Antilla back in June 2007.  At that time I mentioned the house was “estimated at USD 1 billion dollars - that figure is definitely way off.” I was right, in the latest Forbes magazine there is talk the house (if you can call it that) will be [...]

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Bombay historically has a supply/demand imbalance around residential property which has led to sky high prices for sub par housing. But lately there has been a lot of construction and hopefully should lead to better pricing…I hope. Click on the image to the left for the full gallery of pics.
One of the areas that [...]

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The newest Apple reseller in Bombay is iStore, it’s a division of Reliance Digital under Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail. It’s the 3rd location to open up after Bangalore and Hyderabad. The Bombay store is located in South Bombay across the street from the Mahalaxmi Temple on the ground floor of Tirupati Apartments. I [...]

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Ferrari sent two 612 Scagliettis to India for the Magic India Discovery tour. The 12-stage event starts and ends in Mumbai, covering 7,000 miles of the subcontinent along the way, kicking off on February 25 and ending on May 8. The video and pics are from the launch at the Taj Palace.
Pics from the [...]

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When a new place opens up in Bombay it gets lots of press since there are so few entertainments options. For the past month, everyone has been talking about Blue Frog and how it will jump start the Mumbai music scene. I finally had a chance to check it out over the weekend and it [...]

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