Many of the readers have asked me to put some recent photographs of the area and also the old/new places / roads of Ghatkopar.
Well I will in a short time, i do take pix of the area , but as I am at work i don't really get to remove in daylight. Hopefully will do it on Weekend when I am free.
The sky is cloudy and the humidity is making the the summer more as heat waves of the north , very very hot and humid, life is miserable for everyone in Mumbai.
The schools have started and the kids are back to work, old school buddies, old teachers and the same old class room. I had a tough time in school when it used to reopen, it was always gloomy, dark cloudy sky, rains and the wet feeling was always a dampener for the nice summer holidays that had gone by.
The children nowadays are more used to it sitting in homes playing video games, surfing on the net, playing with mobiles so they don't really miss the outdoor games, the walks in the colony, the cricket matches and so and so forth.
Went shopping the other day to Reliance Fresh - outlet at the Ghatkopar station East at Neelyog Square Mall for some veggies and fruits, but was thoroughly disappointed with the spread it was not fresh and very few of the veggies were good , the fruits the less said the better, i felt the road side vendors have a better quality spread.
The Shoppers stop Spinach is also now in a bad shape , it had very few veggies and all were in state of decomposing so to say, the Golden Bananas were all rotting and yet the tag showed 24 Rs per Kg, what a pathetic show by the so called revolutionising the retail corporate biggies.
The truth is no matter what, it all depends how convenient it is for the shoppers to pick their daily veggies, fruits and grocery which is closer to their home. It hardly matters if they have to travel all the way just for the Air conditioned hall these retail outlets offer. After all the pricing is not a big draw as it is same or at time costly.
The nearby bargaining with vendors is a real hassle when it comes at your door vendors, but still the outcome is that now that the retail biz is down , the local vendors have taken the cue and know that the shoppers will come back them so they have jacked up the prices.
The Fruits are very costly and the most cheapest the bananas are yet again out of stock - the yellow ones, the Golden bananas is not available and the small Elia chi Banana which are mostly very very small and not ripe are being sold for a whopping Rs 20 a dozen, darn you have to see it to believe what a ridiculous price for that.
The old shop at Sati Krupa shopping at Garodia Nagar run by Dhanji gala / Ramesh his son is now given out on rent to their cousins and they have started the renovation work and in a months time will be ready with a swanky little outlet. Hope they bring back the customers who have now mainly shifted to Ratna stores or do their buying from Big Bazaar at the Ghatkopar station west outlet or at Home Mart at the Odeon veg market.
Well I will in a short time, i do take pix of the area , but as I am at work i don't really get to remove in daylight. Hopefully will do it on Weekend when I am free.
The sky is cloudy and the humidity is making the the summer more as heat waves of the north , very very hot and humid, life is miserable for everyone in Mumbai.
The schools have started and the kids are back to work, old school buddies, old teachers and the same old class room. I had a tough time in school when it used to reopen, it was always gloomy, dark cloudy sky, rains and the wet feeling was always a dampener for the nice summer holidays that had gone by.
The children nowadays are more used to it sitting in homes playing video games, surfing on the net, playing with mobiles so they don't really miss the outdoor games, the walks in the colony, the cricket matches and so and so forth.
Went shopping the other day to Reliance Fresh - outlet at the Ghatkopar station East at Neelyog Square Mall for some veggies and fruits, but was thoroughly disappointed with the spread it was not fresh and very few of the veggies were good , the fruits the less said the better, i felt the road side vendors have a better quality spread.
The Shoppers stop Spinach is also now in a bad shape , it had very few veggies and all were in state of decomposing so to say, the Golden Bananas were all rotting and yet the tag showed 24 Rs per Kg, what a pathetic show by the so called revolutionising the retail corporate biggies.
The truth is no matter what, it all depends how convenient it is for the shoppers to pick their daily veggies, fruits and grocery which is closer to their home. It hardly matters if they have to travel all the way just for the Air conditioned hall these retail outlets offer. After all the pricing is not a big draw as it is same or at time costly.
The nearby bargaining with vendors is a real hassle when it comes at your door vendors, but still the outcome is that now that the retail biz is down , the local vendors have taken the cue and know that the shoppers will come back them so they have jacked up the prices.
The Fruits are very costly and the most cheapest the bananas are yet again out of stock - the yellow ones, the Golden bananas is not available and the small Elia chi Banana which are mostly very very small and not ripe are being sold for a whopping Rs 20 a dozen, darn you have to see it to believe what a ridiculous price for that.
The old shop at Sati Krupa shopping at Garodia Nagar run by Dhanji gala / Ramesh his son is now given out on rent to their cousins and they have started the renovation work and in a months time will be ready with a swanky little outlet. Hope they bring back the customers who have now mainly shifted to Ratna stores or do their buying from Big Bazaar at the Ghatkopar station west outlet or at Home Mart at the Odeon veg market.
Hopefully the rains will bring some relief to this heat and humidity, but at a price with the water logging and filth and the contamination of drinking tap water.
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