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So, Anish Chandy @LabyrinthAgency was in town and @jitendradixit & yours truly took him for a #Maharashtrian dinner at Nav Mejwani in Dadar West, #Mumbai. It is opposite Amar Hind Mandal.
#Food #FoodTwitter #Marathifood #MaharashtrianFood #Maharashtra
We began with Prawn crackers & Aloo wadi

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Then, moved on to Jawla (small dried prawns)

4/5 Image
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#SEI Bridge Test Event is back! Don’t worry if you missed the first one.

I’ll give you a complete guide on how to participate for a potential #Airdrop

Cost: FREE
Reward💰: $1500+

🧵 Here’s how👇 #SeiNetwork #SeiEcosystem #SeiTestnet Image
For this event, we’ll bridge $MATIC from Polygon Mumbai on #Metamask🦊 to @compass_wallet and back in just three steps

Let's get started with these 3 easy steps
1/ Requesting Test $MATIC

-You’ll first need to set up Polygon #Mumbai network.

- Go to chainlist.org. Connect Wallet.

Tick "Include Testnet” and search “Mumbai.” Then click “Add to MetaMask” Image
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The #ShivSena was launched on 19 June 1966 by #BalThackeray. Its initial targets were #SouthIndians. The genesis of the Sena had its roots in a similar anti-South Indian campaign by his father #PrabodhankarThackeray in 1922 Thread:
#UddhavThackeray #politics #Mumbai #Maharashtra ImageImageImage
Keshav Sitaram Thackeray was a journalist, author and social reformer. He was referred to as Prabodhankar Thackeray because of his periodical 'Prabodhan' in which he took on casteism and obscurantism.
The Shiv Sena’s birth had its roots in a campaign launched by Prabodhankar through his Prabodhan in 1922.
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I was an ardent candy customer. In 2021, I realized that India does not have a clean candy brand and the ones we have contained tonnes of sugar.

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#WomenEntrepreneurs #Food #Snacks #Mumbai #TheBetterIndia Image
So I decided to pursue my interest in the FMCG industry,” says Aashnee Gajaria, who, along with her friend Sandhya Seshadari has launched #Niblerzz. This brand makes vegan, sugar-free, guilt-free gummies.
The duo's shared love for confectionery and realizing how badly the Indian market needs a clean candy brand prompted them to start it.
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The dargah of #Sufi saint Makhdoom Ali Mahimi at #Mahim in #Mumbai is revered by the #MumbaiPolice, who lead the ceremonies during the annual urs. A #thread on the patron saint of the police force and how this tradition came about. #history #heritage ImageImageImageImage
Indians across faiths follow syncretic traditions. Recently, Tryambakeshwar, a jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva near #Nashik in #Maharashtra, hit the headlines after it was alleged that some Muslims tried to forcibly enter the shrine
Later, it was clarified that the men were following a decades-old tradition, where the devotees of the Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Ghulab Shahavali Baba stand outside the temple and blow the smoke from the loban (frankincense) into it as a mark of respect
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Woman aren’t safe in #Mumbai.

A 52-year-old taxi driver “Mohamed Jibrael” was arrested for allegedly molesting an engineering student inside a moving cab in Colaba. The incident happened on May 20 evening. Representational image
The police stated that the accused touched the woman inappropriately. Feeling unsafe, the 22-year-old woman shared her live location with her brother and messaged him saying, "I am in taxi and unsafe."
When the woman tried to enter the taxi, the driver told her that the rear door was not working properly and asked her to sit in the front seat. She complied, and the accused began engaging in small talk with her.
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This is a thread on Phiroz Rustomji Daruwala, a cold-blooded serial killer who brutally killed an elderly family in a #murder case that rocked #Mumbai and #Maharashtra 50 years ago. The criminal also planned to abduct matka king Ratan Khatri!
#crime #truecrime #murdermysteries ImageImageImage
2 February 1971. The neighbours of Darabshah Sethna (82), a resident of Jehangir Mansion, near Metro Cinema at Dhobi Talao in #Mumbai were intrigued. The main door of his 5th floor was locked, which was unprecedented as the family never went out together.
Sethna was a bachelor. Gaibai Master (72), her husband Nasserwanji (65) and their servant Bawla (55) stayed with Sethna and cared for him. Sethna was a managing clerk at a reputed solicitor's firm in #Mumbai.
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Hashed College Mixer | 📍#Mumbai
Where better to speak about web3 and its potential than the city of dreams? ⚡

It was a special evening filled with some raw #aamchimumbai energy 🔥

Here's a 🧵on how the evening went ⬇ Image
Here are some interesting numbers from the evening:

👨‍🎓 60+ attendees from 20+ different colleges across Mumbai
👩‍💻 80%+ from tech background
🐣 60% new to web3 (<6 months)
🏫 10 colleges with a blockchain club Image
1️⃣We kick-started the evening with an intro to web3 & our investment thesis at @HashedEM

2️⃣ @deeepgandhi then dived into some of the latest trends in the space- from web3 gaming to decentralised social media, on-chain credentials, ZK proofs, wallet innovations and more 🧑‍💻
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Manwath is a taluka in #Maharashtra's #Parbhani district. It is located around 500-km from #Mumbai. This obscure place was rocked by a series of 10 gruesome ritualistic murders in the 1970s. These killings were the result of #superstition.
#thread #truecrime #police #history ImageImageImage
Five girls who were about ten years old, an year-old child and four women in their mid-thirties were murdered between 14 November 1972 and 4 January, 1974. These murders had a similar modus operandi and pattern. They were committed at night. These incidents shocked #Maharashtra
The time and location of the crime,use of women as victims, nature of injuries caused to them, pvt parts of some of the victims being cut to extract blood, the absence of motive for the killings, the attempt to dodge the police and the extreme brutality made the case macabre
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The #food scene in #Mumbai is actually very boring. #Pune is very vibrant in comparison with several choices on offer. One is actually spoilt for choice…
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#FoodTwitter
when it comes to #Marathi food l, there is Surves Pure non-veg at F C road, the various restaurants like Nagpur hotel and Shambhavi in Sadashiv Peth, mutton bhakri joints at Khed Shivapur, Milan and Aware Khanaval at Kumthekar Road,
Kothrud and Paud road have restaurants serving niche cuisine from parts of #Maharashtra like North Maharashtra. I could go on and on… perhaps because of high real estate prices and rentals, #Mumbai does not see too many of these budget, affordable places.
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It has been my peeve that much of #Maharashtrian cuisine is not found in #Mumbai’s restaurants. Most #Marathi places offer #Goan or #Malvani #food. Perhaps because many Marathis here hail from these coastal regions. I found Martand at Lalbag which serves Ghati food #FoodTwitter ImageImageImage
We decided to begin with Javla papad which serves small, dry prawns with masala papad. 4.5/5 ImageImage
Then, we ordered Martand Special Mutton Thali. It comes with Malvani rassa, kala rassa, Alani rassa, kharida mutton, mutton in black gravy, egg masala in black gravy, solkadi, one jowar bhakri and Indrayani rice
Rating: 4/5 ImageImageImageImage
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Just watched the #CNNTownhall with 2024 Presidential candidate and former President @realDonaldTrump , as well as the post-townhall panel discussion.

One thing is clear: #America is a broken country. It's split right down the middle.

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Racial divisions and #massshootings are peaking, the economy is cratering, #poverty and #homelessness are rising.

And meanwhile, the US government is involved in, or threatening to get involved in, wars from #Ukraine to #Taiwan to #Syria to #Iran to #NorthKorea.

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When they should be working on healing the divisions in their own nation. White vs non-White, Rural vs Urban, Rich vs Poor, drug addiction, broken homes - all these are tearing America apart.

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A Doctor can be the greatest criminal of the world. He has the knowledge & the nerve-Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's line was personified by a 40-year old Doctor from #Pune who committed a sensational murder in the 1950s. Thread
#crime #truecrime #Maharashtra #Mumbai ImageImage
At around 5.30 a.m. on 13th November 1956, Anant Chintamun Lagu, a Pune-based doctor, came to the GT Hospital in Mumbai with a 45-yr-old widow, who was unconscious. Lagu said she had fallen unconscious during an overnight train journey from Pune to Mumbai.
Lagu said he was travelling in same compartment as the woman. He told the doctors that he did not know the woman, but had gathered during the journey that her name was Indumati Panse. Lagu provided his address in Pune to the hospital.
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A class 12 passout, former security officer and self taught cybergeek from Hyderabad, Shrinivas Rao Dadi, masterminded a nationwide cyberfraud with a turnover of Rs 3 crore a day. The money was being converted into #cryptocurrency and sent to #China. So, how did he do it? Image
There was a hierarchy to how the scamsters operated. Some of them called up citizens, posing as policemen and flashing fake ID cards, over WhatsApp and Skype. Women were targetted the most. In Delhi, one of the scamsters made a video call to a woman, dressed in a khaki uniform.
The victims were told that a parcel he/she had sent by courier was found containing drugs. The terrified victims were deceived into downloading apps, such as Anydesk, that provided the scamster with remote access to his phone screen.
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Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to shortly speak at an event organized by the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa for distribution of E-Filing units to 385 Bar Associations in the state.

@KirenRijiju #EFiling #Mumbai #BCMG Image
Also in attendance are CM Eknath Shinde,Union Minister Narayan Rane and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, BCI Chairman etc.

#KirenRijiju #EFiling #BombayHighCourt @mieknathshinde @Dev_Fadnavis
These e-filing units comprising a computer, printer scanner and other equipment are being distributed in view of HC's decision to make e-filing compulsory for all courts.

#KirenRijiju #EFiling #BombayHighCourt #EknathShinde #DevendraFadnavis
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Operation Kaveri

The Indian Government has launched an evacuation drive from the crisis-hit nation of #Sudan under the codename '#Kaveri' after the law and order situation had become highly volatile following the power struggle between #RSF and the army, causing destruction. Image
The name '#OperationKaveri' was coined by Prime Minister @narendramodi himself post review of the emerging crisis situation in Sudan.
Under the leadership of @MOS_MEA Shri V. Muraleedharan, the @MEAIndia has made sure that the evacuation became a non-threatening process for #Indians by conducting numerous meetings with Sudanese Foreign Ministry officials.
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Mumbai: the city of dreams, Local trains and now Metro, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar!

Must be a mammoth task to govern it and I was fortunate to get a first hand view of the flagship of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation today, thanks to @Khaki_Tours!

#Mumbai #BMC
Most people will@say Mumbai was formed by the amalgamation of 7 islands, but in reality there were 23 of them.

A large part of the city is reclaimed land and 2/3 feet under sea level, which often causes flooding during monsoon, often unfairly blamed totally on the BMC.
The BMC as we know it extended upto Mahim and Sion till 1950, when it was extended upto Jogeshwari and Mankurd/Bhandup.

Later it was extended upto Borivali/Dahisar and Mulund a few years later.

But first we must go a few centuries back to understand the history!
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Mumbai will lose it’s “Financial Hub” status—-🛑?

This thread will list all the report that says “mumbai will lose it’s monopoly on money”

This is serious for maharashtra!!!🛑

Some are old report 10 year back

#mumbai
आता मुंबई नाही तर दिल्ली ही देशाची आर्थिक राजधानी झालीय.👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

maharashtratimes.com/india-news/del…
2017 TOI report say
“Mumbai is losing it’s monopoly over money”

👇🏼

Mumbai is losing its monopoly over money & here's what's causing it | Mumbai News - Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mu…
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This century old portrait is from the library of my Grant Medical College in Mumbai!
Who is he? How is he related to the famous Gray's Anatomy? How did he end up here?
A fascinating story from the archives of medicine! Image
The gentleman in this fine portrait is Henry Vandyke Carter. If you have ever seen earlier editions of Gray's anatomy, you will have noticed the gorgeous illustrations in them. Arguably, these illustrations made Gray's Anatomy a superlative text Image
The artist to those illustrations is Van Dyke Carter!
Instead of following convention of labelling structures outside the diagram, see how he labels them on the diagram itself, making out so easy to understand! Image
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So, we had dinner at the Folk at Kalaghoda in Mumbai. It’s a quaint place. Thread:

#food #Mumbai Image
Mutton Galauti kabab ImageImage
Kasauli style butter chicken Image
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Much of the writings about #VDSavarkar paint him in black-&-white, when the truth lies in shades of grey. Brushing inconvenient facts under the carpet, does not do justice to #Savarkar's complex personality. This is a thread about Savarkar from a historic perspective #history Image
On 9 June 1906, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a 23-year-old from Nashik, bid adieu to wife Yamuna and their toddler son Prabhakar, and boarded the SS Persia in Bombay to sail for England to study law. However, even as he was in the high seas,
Stanley Egerley from the Bombay government’s special department sent a confidential letter (14 June) to R. Ritchie in the India Office, London, about Savarkar. Egerley said Savarkar held “…somewhat the same opinions” as the revolutionary Damodar Hari Chaphekar, who assassinated
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The #BEST, which provides public transport & supplies power to #Mumbai is an undertaking of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). However, in the 20th century, the #BMC had actually boycotted the use of the BEST's electricity. Thread:
#history #Mumbai #heritage ImageImageImage
The Bombay Gas Co Ltd was launched in 1862 to provide street lighting & supply coal gas to households in #Mumbai. It however folded up over a century later.
#electricity
In 1905, the Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways Co. Ltd, the predecessor of the present-day BEST was formed. It purchased a power house with 110 HP generators & had 107 consumers!
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Till date, I have been unable to understand the adulatory reports about flats & penthouses in #Mumbai being sold for astronomical sums. How many people as a % of population can afford to buy them? The vast majority of people stay in far-flung areas like Vashind, Karjat etc &
spend half their lives commuting in local trains. Their ambitions & lives remain unconsummated thanks to this soul & body sucking commute. Their mental health too goes for a toss. Observe how people are willing to jump at each other in trains for the most trivial reason.
After all, what can you expect when people travel for long hours in crowded trains in the sweltering heat? These extended suburbs are almost like the ghettos of yore in apartheid era South Africa, providing labour to #Mumbai.
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Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) was a Hindustani classical singer. Paluskar stood up to Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar who opposed his musical performance in the Kakinada session of the #IndianNationalCongress in 1923
#history #heritage #music #Maharashtra ImageImage
Paluskar has sung the original version of 'Raghupati Raghav Rajaram' & arranged 'Vande Mataram' India's national song. He is also credited with ensuring that #music & musicians secured the respect that they deserved.

#history
This thread is based on the writings of social reformer & journalist Prabodhankar Keshav Sitaram Thackeray. Prabodhankar, the father of late #ShivSena supremo #BalThackeray wrote about Paluskar on 17 October 1942. Image
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