timeout volume 01 index with issue 01 notes
GET MORE OUT OF MUMBAI
September 10 – 23 2004, Vol 1 Issue 1 | Hello Mumbai: Going out, staying up, winding down
FIRST WORD
It’s an enormous honour for me to welcome you to the first issue of Time Out Mumbai. Some 36 years ago, when we launched TimeOut London, we never dreamed that the magazine would become such an international success. But now that it has, with a network of magazines servicing cities worldwide from New York to St Petersburg to Beijing, it seems only natural that we should turn to Mumbai.
As the vibrant entertainment, business and leisure capital and a home to 12 million people, Mumbai has an influence that’s felt round the world from “Bollywood Dreams” in London’s West End (and on Broadway) to bangra beats in New Jersey rap.
It’s a city ripe for the TimeOut treatment.
TimeOut’s goal around the world is to help a city’s residents and visitors to make intelligent choices about what to do with their free time. Our founding principle was that editorial impartiality and excellence would provide the cornerstone of everything we do; only then do you build a trusted relationship between the magazine and its readers so the recommendations we make are unquestioningly accepted. I sincerely hope that you enjoy this first issue of TimeOut Mumbai, and find it as useful as readers around the world have found their own editions.
Tony Elliot
Founder, TimeOut
CONTENTS
Main feature _ Mumbai dusk to dawn as experienced by a trio of Time Out writers on varying budgets. We drink, we dance, we pedicure.
Ganeshotsav
My Night Shyamalan
Jeans
ALSO THIS WEEK
CONSUME
FOOD & DRINK
Travel _ [Deluxe lodgings in Marrakech.]
Art _ Reviews | Gallery
Books _ [Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City.] Reviews | Afterword | Poetry, events & listings
Dance _ [Astad Deboo’s Mumbai movie debut.] Previews & performance
Film _ [Kundan Shah on Ek Se Badhkar Ek.] What’s playing in cinemas | DVD picks | A night to remember
Nightlife _ [Partying with Aneesha Baig.] Clubs, bars & lounges | Just opened
Out & About _ Talks & seminars | Walks, tours & trips | Museums
Sport _ Event listings, TV picks
Theatre _ Reviews & previews | Play listings | Stage whisper
TIME IN
REGULARS
Mumbai Local | The fortnight that was – and the one that will be
Queer I | A gay old time in Mumbai.
Intimacy | The Ecstasy Aunt lends an ear
Last Word | Before we go
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QUOTES
“Before I go to the other side, I want to shimmy in a number for Ram Gopal Varma or Yash Chopra” Actor Bobby Darling gets in step ahead of his sex change operation
“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they seldom attack a human” Singaporean Yeo speed-punches her way to a new text-messaging record in 43.66 seconds
“At least now airport metal detectors won’t go crazy when she passes through” Jordan Bartman on girlfriend Christina Aguilera’s decision to divest herself of most of her piercings
“I’d though she should have been dancing to When I’m 64 – which surely can only be a couple of years away” Swedish actress Ulrika Johnson on football widow Nancy Dell’ Olio’s night on the town
“It’s a bit wild, but it’s more like a forest than a garden. It doesn’t need much maintenance” Adman Sumanto Chattopadhyay on his low-care tresses
“I have been to the States and American men are not exactly the most hygienic” Bipasha Basu reacts to Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhury’s complaint about the Indian male’s propensity to publically scratch where it itches
September 24 – October 7 2004, Vol 1 Issue 2 | Mumbai Eats, Burps belches and satisfied sighs
October 8 – 21 2004, Vol 1 Issue 3 | A City Divided? I Love South Mumbai, I Love North Mumbai
October 22 – November 4 2004, Vol 1 Issue 4 | Daytripping, 9 ways to escape the city
November 5 – 18 2004, Vol 1 issue 5 | Shah Rukh Khan, I’m not a superstar
November 19 – December 2 2004, Vol 1 Issue 6 | Mumbai Vision 2010 Reporting the Future
December 3 – 16 2004, Vol 1 Issue 7 | Blast into 2005
December 17 – 30 2004, Vol 1 Issue 8 | Rule the Night, Best of Mumbai Nightlife
December 31 2004 – January 13 2005, Vol 1 Issue 9 | Success Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making it in Mumbai
January 14 – 27 2005, Vol 1 Issue 10 | Kala Ghoda, giddyap!, Complete guide to all the horseplay + Mumbai festival listings
January 28 – February 10 2005, Vol 1 Issue 11 | Black Friday, Revisiting the blasts that rocked Mumbai
February 11 – 24 2005, Vol. 1 Issue 12 | Single in the city, Valentine’s Gift Guide
February 25 – March 10, Vol 1 Issue 13 | Health + Fitness Special
March 11 – 24 2005, Vol 1 Issue 14 | Destination Mumbai, Look who’s moving in
March 25 – April 7 2005, Vol 1 Issue 15 | Travel special Escape
April 8 – 21 2005, Vol 1 Issue 16 | Fashion special, 5 City designers we love
April 22 – May 5 2005, Vol 1 Issue 17 | Mumbai state: Waiting to be Born
May 6 – 19 2005, Vol 1 Issue 18 | 324 ways to Supersize your Summer
May 20 – June 2 2005, Vol 1 Issue 19 | How safe are you?
June 3 – 16 2005, Vol 1 Issue 20 | India on a Plate, Your guide to regional food in Mumbai
June 17 – 30 2005, Vol 1 Issue 21 | Local Heroes, Small people making a big difference
July 1 – 14 2005, Vol 1 Issue 22 | 25 Mumbai gems and why we should save them
July 15 – 28, 2005, Vol 1 Issue 23 | Funny business: Anupam Kher, Satish Shah, Boman Irani and many more
July 29 – August 11 2005, Vol 1 Issue 24 | New neighbourhoods and how they’re changing the way we live
August 12 – 25 2005, Vol 1 Issue 25 | Amir, On being Mangal Pandey, being difficult, being the best
August 26 – September 8 2005, Vol 1 Issue 26 | We’ re pissed off, things we hate about the city we love**
September 9 – 22 2005, Vol 2 Issue 1 | Maximum Mumbai, The Big The Brash The Bizarre
September 23 – October 6 2005, Vol 2 Issue 2 | Are you a stop dog, status and snobbery in Mumbai
October 7 – 20 2005, Vol 2 Issue 3 | Dreaming of Adventure? Endurance sports special + extreme action VCD
October 21 – November, Vol 2 Issue 4 | Hidden Goa, 24 secrets about your favourite getaway
November 4 – 17 2005, Vol 2 Issue 5 | Theatre Wallahs who’s who on the city stage
