mumbai – Chembur Pulse

My fitness journey

Posted on July 1, 2021July 12, 2021

I am an academician by profession. I have been a teacher at the prestigious Atomic Energy Central School (BARC) for the last 20 years. After getting married and being blessed with a son and daughter, I, like most Indian women, was happily engaged in taking care of my kids and family while attending to my…Read More

Walking down the memory lane

Posted on June 8, 2021July 12, 2021

Once a day picnic spot for residents of Mumbai, Chembur has seen its lush green fields, orchards and ponds transform into busy streets, markets and food joints. Until the seventies, it was connected only by the harbour line and just a handful of BEST bus services. The sleepy suburb is now centrally located between Navi…Read More

It was inspiring to meet Mangesh yesterday who I met outside 99 Pancakes, Diamond Garden. He was waiting to pick up his food delivery parcel. Mangesh, a physically challenged boy from Mankhurd slums, has refused to let his disability affect him. He works with delivery company Shadowfax as a delivery boy and travels in his hand powered tricycle for deliveries. Mangesh says he sees people take easy route to earning by begging, but he wants to work hard and earn with dignity. Mangesh, you are an inspiration to all. #shadowfax you rock for having hired Mangesh.