COMMUNITY - BANDRA INFO

HUL‘s first-of-its-kind ‘Smart Fill’ machine empowers consumers to reduce plastic waste

HUL has launched it's first ‘Smart Fill’ machine, an in-store vending model for its Home Care products with the aim to reuse, reduce and recycle plastic at Reliance Smart Acme Mall,Mumbai.

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The Carter Road Skatepark Construction seems to be a Con-Job

The idea of skateboarding along the seafront is a dream come true at the Carter Road Skatepark. Now not only runners, walkers and nature lovers, but Skateboarders can be part of this public space

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Making Sense of the (VBSL) Versova Bandra Sea Link Controversy

It seems the much treasured and cherish Public space called the Carter Road Promenade is being gambled away in chasing the end goals of this project which will serve 11 per cent of commuters. (car owing commuters) in Mumbai.

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A Very Bandra Christmas on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

This year @bandrachristmas is bringing the Bandra community together to share music and recipes and creativity and prayer to reminisce to keep the unique spirit of Bandra alive! So whether you're still in Bandra or have moved to distant shores they're bringing Christmas to you this year 12 days of

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Why Bhaiyaa Gym needs to be saved

Bhaiyaa Gym would complete 100 years in 2025. Why would a gym which stood in the same place for 95 years now called out for illegally occupying a Public ground by the BMC?

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St. Joseph's Primary school have a community fridge near the first gate towards Hill Road

The above message has been retweeted on Twitter by various handles, it is a wonderful initiative as we see a lot of destitute and homeless on the streets at Bandra West. The least we as a community can do is make sure they don't go hungry.

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Exploring the good old Bandra with Bandra Heritage Walk

Today everyone seems to be engrossed in their phones. Even while hanging out the focus is more on the number of selfies taken than actual conversation. This has led to great social feeds for followers to see but lack to no real interaction. Let's change this trend with

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A Women’s Day Walk in Bandra

For those of us who live outside our homes in a different city. Somehow there is always a disconnect with the community no matter how welcoming they are. The suburbs you live in or travel to frequently have a history to them that you are completely unaware of. And that

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Salman Malik releases his new single on Bandra

Salman Malik has released his single called “Bandra” on his youtube channel. Salman is the new generation of internet artist with over 27k follows on Instagram and about 1100 subscribers for his youtube channel. if(window.strchfSettings === undefined) window.strchfSettings = {}; window.strchfSettings.stats = {url: "https://urban-wiz.storychief.io/

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Chistmas festivities are best felt at Hill Road, Bandra

We highly recommend spending a few weeks leading up to Christmas at Hill Road, Bandra. You are ought to be surprised with the lavish celebrations and spirit of Christmas. It is truly a delight to take a detour in the by lanes. Every passing bungalow in the neighborhood decks up

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Why the underground Parking at Patwardhan Park is unneccessary.

It was shocking to spot a BMC Notice calling for tenders to construct an underground parking lot below Patwardhan Park! Anyone who lives in Bandra knows the traffic chaos on Linking Road; but, will underground parking below Patwardhan Park ever solve the real problems? Will the issue of illegal hawkers

ARTS & CULTURE

Bandra in TimeOut 50 coolest neighbourhoods in 2018

Bandra is the queen of Mumbai’s suburbs, one of TimeOut 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the World. This is where the stereotypical Indian contrasts meet at its extremes: the opulent and the decaying, the migrant and the nouveau riche, the hip and the traditional; they stand out more starkly than

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Why Bandra Catholics are indifferent to their Bollywood neighbours?

I am not pleased with murals and chowks dedicated to bolllywood personalities. I love Bollywood, but I think all these stars are immortalised in their performances. They don’t need to have chowks named after them. Of-course the government has to do something for publicity. Naming a chowk after

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An Air-conditioned study room at Hill road

I have been living in Bandra for 5 years. I am almost bored and feel I have explored every nook and cranny of this suburb. But sometimes there are surprises. I recently posted a image on Instagram of Ramkrishna Library in Khar asking whether the place was air-conditioned. Pat came

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A chat with Anya Rangaswami who initiated the Carter Road Clean-Up Group.

The story of Afroz Shah, who led the largest beach clean-up at Versova has inspired many Mumbaikars. Right from Juhu beach to our own Carters road shoreline is being cleaned. Anya Rangaswami led a team of volunteers on 4th of June to clean the carter road coastline. She has set

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Interview with Street Photographer Craig Boehman

There is something about streets. I love to walk the streets. My favourite one in Bandra is the Bazaar Road walk. I stumbled on a video of Craig Boeheman’s video on this walk, and immediately sent him an email for an interview. We have our own Bandra Boy Firoze

ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS

All you want to know about The Bandra Physical Culture Association aka Bhaiya Gym.

One of the oldest Gym established in the year 1925 is The Bandra Physical Culture Association. Popularly known as Bhaiya Gym, the gym has the cheapest membership rates in tony Bandra. In the 1970’s the gym charged Rs 12/month. Now the charges are Rs 2000/6 months.

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Bandstand gets an Air-conditioned Public Toilet

Bandstand gets an air-conditioned public toilet under the Prime Ministers “Swacch Bharat” programme. This should stop open defecation at Bandstand. While There would be a nominal charge for using the facilities. Watch the video here to check Alka Kelkar talk about the same below.

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Interview with Aftab Siddique

Aftab Siddique am born and brought up in Khar. She did her schooling from Duruelo Convent High School and R.D.National College. Aftab is a teacher by profession from last 27 years. She says about her job as a teacher As a teacher, we impart a specific syllabus but

Andreans

How a simple grill fence undoes the lover's lane for Andreans

As I was walking down today from Perry road and took the St Cyril road, I came across what looked like lost in the time old bungalow at St Anthony’s road, the bungalow which would be a wonderful place for time travel enthusiasts to explore. It’s

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Illegal mobile tower installation at Mount Mary

By Nimriti Patel The Honourable Secretary and select members of the Society of Balmoral Hall, Mount Mary Road, Bandra West 400050 have installed an Airtel Mobile tower on the roof of Balmoral Hall despite the majority of residents in the building opposing and voting against the installation. I hope the

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Bandra gets the first Plastics Bottle Machine

Bandra, the H West Ward of the MCGM is the first to have a machine that would recycle their Plastic Bottle. The All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA), the apex body and the largest industry association of the plastic industry in India celebrated the anniversary of Swachch Bharat by donating

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Watch Shahrukh talk about Bandstand Beautification

The phase 2 of Bandstand beautification has begun, from Shahrukh’s talk, I think its more to do with lighting the promenade and then there is a phase 3 also planned. If you have the pateince to watch a longer video check the below video.

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A community driven organic farm in Bandra - Pixie Dust Farms

I met Christopher Pereira towards the end of monsoon to talk to him about this community is driven project at St. Peters KG. I saw a few tweets from @diipti talking about this farm and how volunteers go and nurture this organic farm. So enjoy this exclusive interview with Christopher

ARTS & CULTURE

New Signage at Mount Mary Chowk by Bandra Collective

Picture Courtsey Bandra Collective Facebook Page The collective, in which six architecture firms came together in May this year, is carrying out initiatives pro bono for the suburb. Further initiatives will include realignment of hawkers on Linking Road.Karen D’Mello, the municipal corporator for Ward 96 of Ward H