New City Notes from a Wednesday Morning

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Here is a picture.

This is a look at Bandra (West) from the guest room in Akshay's apartment, where I stay. We are on the 6th floor.

• I promised myself I would not call this "The City of Crows," but they are everywhere in our neighborhood in Bandra.
• I went to visit a very popular Internet travel company here on Monday. They had hundreds of employees spread across three offices. I met with three different people in three different departments, and I was honestly really impressed by each person. Very, very savvy.
• Akshay's sister and I went into a cell phone shop last week and there were 12 attendants. We were the only two customers in the whole store. The store was less than 500 square feet! Imagine 14 people standing around in your bedroom or office. It was crazy - everybody was staring at us from behind the counter to see what cell phone charger we needed to buy. I felt like I was on stage at a concert.
• Akshay sent me an article that noted that because India has so many people looking for work, there are a lot of cheap and silly make work jobs.
• Despite living in a really nice apartment, I have experienced the following outages here: Water outage, Power outage, Elevator broken, and No Internet.
• I picked up 12 big green bananas from a street vendor in Pali Market for Rs20 (US$.50).
• Skim milk costs me Rs31 (US$.78) per 1 liter tetra pack from Magnet grocery.
• The offices I have visited in Mumbai all seem under-lit. Like a den.
• With any luck I will meet up with Kaushal in Dadar neighborhood soon and get re-introduced to the train system.
• I am feeling better from my cold, still eating fairly well, and hopefully on track towards a new city rhythm next week.