{"id":1014,"date":"2010-06-21T16:55:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wokay.in\/2010\/06\/21\/notes-from-my-bombay-trip\/"},"modified":"2010-06-21T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T11:25:04","slug":"notes-from-my-bombay-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aadisht.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/21\/notes-from-my-bombay-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes From My Bombay Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>My Jet Airways Citbank Card finally came of some use and I used miles accumulated since 2007 to get myself a return ticket to Bombay where I attended the NiTyaGu wedding. Regrettably, Airport Development Fees and Congestion Charges cannot be paid for by miles.<\/li>\n<li>When introducting Konnect, Jet Airways seems to have forgotten to make provision for it in the frequent flier program. It takes as many miles to redeem a full-service ticket as a Konnect ticket. Naturally I booked full-service tickets.<\/li>\n<li>Having a full fare ticket allowed me to finally enter the Jet Airways lounge at Chennai. Alas, the lounge has no wifi, is slightly dirty, and while I was there had not only hyperactive kids but a Malaysian couple who fought over the guy tying his shoe instead of listening to the girl. The guy then made the girl cry. Am I the only person who notices these bizarre domestic disputes?<\/li>\n<li>Having a full-fare ticket also meant I got to watch 30 Rock on the inflight entertainment system (Nishit D and PGK, please note). Also, two episodes of Sarabhai v\/s Sarabhai.<\/li>\n<li>Apropos of inflight entertainment systems, now that K Maran has taken over Spice Jet and is going to rename it Sun Airways, will it start offering Sun TV as inflight entertainment? If this is too expensive for a low cost carrier, will it just play Kalaignar&#8217;s poetry on the PA system? Will Azhagiri now buy Go Air in retaliation? These are burning questions.<\/li>\n<li>Bloomberg UTV has hoardings up all over Mumbai claiming to be blunt, and sharp. It is clearly the Schroedinger&#8217;s cat of Indian broadcasting. That means that if anybody actually watches it, it will collapse.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of hoardings, I did not see a single hoarding or OOH banner that referred to the football world cup while in Bombay. I fear its obsession with Indian celebrities is now crowding out everything else.<\/li>\n<li>The banana lassi at Theobroma is awesome.<\/li>\n<li>Theobroma is now offering to courier its brownies anywhere in India. Unfortunately payment can be made only at Mumbai. This makes it useful as a gifting option where the gifter is in Mumbai, but is pretty useless if you&#8217;re in Kanchipuram and want to order. This week I shall call the Colaba outlet and ask if they&#8217;ll take payment by EFT.<\/li>\n<li>Kodhi made me (and others) watch the 90210 season two finale. This led to consequences that are too scandalous to discuss outside a W-File. Unfortunately, I am not going to start writing the next W-File until at least July.<\/li>\n<li>The grub at the Rajdhani in Oberoi Mall was seriously good. In fact, the khichdi, kadi, and jalebis were themselves worth the price of the whole thali.<\/li>\n<li>I met PGK at the reception. Like Sreesanth, he is a personable young man. Unlike Sreesanth, he is not Mallu.<\/li>\n<li>TamBrahm weddings are like ERP implementations.<\/li>\n<li>Sambhar in Chembur continues to rock.<\/li>\n<li>My Jet Airways Citibank Card also came in useful at Mumbai airport, where I got complimentary access to the lounge, which didn&#8217;t even care what my ticket was. Unfortunately, the lounge is only marginally less noisy than the public seating area, so I shifted there. Oh sigh.<\/li>\n<li>A lounge that banned children would be quite excellent. To fend of accusations of elitism and child-hatred from mommybloggers, it could accomplish this by serving alcohol and barring entry to anybody less than 18 years old. I am still not sure how it could get rid of other annoying guests, like the ones who loudlly discuss compensation schemes on their blackberries. Tchah.<\/li>\n<li>The wifi in Mumbai airport was down and didn&#8217;t start working until it was almost boarding time. I will have to add the appropriate tags to this post later, when I get home. Also, the wifi is only free for ten minutes. Oh sigh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Jet Airways Citbank Card finally came of some use and I used miles accumulated since 2007 to get myself a return ticket to Bombay where I attended the NiTyaGu wedding. Regrettably, Airport Development Fees and Congestion Charges cannot be paid for by miles. 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