Strictly Blues festival
Mumbai gets its first blues festival. Stage 1 presents The Strictly Blues festival, an annual festival of pure, unadulterated blues featuring Dana Gillespie & The London Blues Band and the Dino Baptista Trio from the UK, Julien Brunetaud and The JB Boogie Band from France and America Zach Prather.
Joss, Kalaghoda Rampart Row, 7pm, February 19, 2005.
-Time Out Mumbai
While there is an increased number of concerts and live music events happening across the city, this one in recent past tops my list.
An early affair, the music started by 7:45pm and went on till close to midnight. There was no seating (read people swinging and dancing), gorgeous starters doing the rounds, and a full bar. Mumbai’s hunger for nights like this was evident in the packed hall. People were stomping to the music till those a floor below feared the ceiling would come down. We want more events like this.
Is anyone listing?
How decisive are you?
How long do you take to make a decision?
What is the likelihood of you sticking by that decision?
I wonder.
Filed under: China, Fashion, Hong Kong, Transport, culture, popular culture
I love Hong Kong. The energy the city thrives on blew me apart. Everything works. Underground metro, walkway with escalators, trams, cars, ferries, mini busses and busses. It’s efficient, clean and really busy. Inhabitants speak of tales of fatigue and high-income growth.
Best travel time: First fortnight of the lunar New Year (only applies to singles). Meet all the married people you can and wish them ‘Gong xi fa cai’. You will be blessed with fat red pockets of money!
Strange local customs: Mink coats and thigh high boots in winter. Min temperature 15 degree Celsius.
So yesterday I had the fortune of hearing some American VCs talk about just how great India is, and why they want to give us money to make it greater. The talk was interesting, or about as interesting as talks like these get. Here is what I made of it
Web 2.0 is great
Your barriers for competition are your readers
Build value, not revenue. One follows the other
Invest in people: it will pay off
Oh and yeah, India is expected to be the third largest consumer of the Internet.
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