Amchi Mumbai on the Web…. Review on Mid-Day

You type http://www.chalomumbai.com in the address box and Poof !! Whoosh!! it becomes http://www.mid-day.com. This is Amchi Mumbai on the Web.

Believe me, I am married in Bombay and I can’t find my around as we don’t live there much of the time. But I can sure find my way around on this site. It is a very informative site. Now where do I start? Well… Let me start with the homepage.

It starts with the Lead Story of the day, with the latest updates. It also has a downloadable tool Whassup, which gives you the latest news updates on your desktop. Now isn’t that cool for those guys who want to be the first to know what’s happening around the globe or for that matter around the universe. Guess what the latest news update is as I type my review? It is Mayawati decides to quit as UP Chief Minister. We also have Society, City, Sports, and Entertainment (Movies, Art & Theatre) News with many Other Headlines. We also get Metro News for Thane, Bandra, Borivli, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Lokhandwala, Mulund, Malad and Vashi. You can also register to get the latest news in your e-mail box.

Another interesting thing out there is the Weather forecasting, temperature listing and the Lake Levels information. Today’s weather forecast is Moderate rain or showers. Frankly, I don’t know how the lake level information helps.

Then you have the advisory section where in skin therapists, psychiatrists, travel agents, etc. answer your queries. The sub sections in here are Mind and Soul, Travel, Agony Aunt, Sexual Health, Beauty & Feng Shui. There is also the Civic Forum wherein you tell your grievances to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner K C Srivastava and your traffic woes to the Mumbai's Joint Commissioner.

Next follows the The Complete Mumbai Guide with information on Hotels/Resorts & Restaurants, Art & Humanities, Education, Entertainment, Apparel & Stores, Health, Home, Shopping and Services. You have the latest hot deals listed out in here. Then in City Engagements you can promote or announce an upcoming event, but you have to send in your details five days prior to the event and they will publish it on the site for FREE!

As I am still typing the review, the latest news update says… Bomb blast at Zaveri Bazaar, Gateway of India.

There are many columnists and interesting columns written by them. The Picture of the Day displays very interesting photographs. One of today’s photographs shows a woman stealing water from a pipe. Horoscopes!! Now that’s one thing a lot of people are enthusiastic about. Marjorie Orr, the World's No 1 astrologer is here with your horoscopes. The wallpapers are interesting, especially the Vintage Mumbai ones. The article on Mumbaikar is interesting. Do you know who has donated 11,882 benches to Mumbai? Checkout Mumbaikar for the answer.

Then there is the Mid Day poll, Virtual Gallery and Mumbai Dope (with a lot of trivia). You also have a section How to get… which guides you how to obtain an Indian Passport, Driving License and Piped Gas. Under Every week.. you have articles on Learning, Hot Property and Big Break. Also check out Sunday Mid Day, that’s interesting as well.

There is lot more to check like (b>Diary, Crossword, Cartoons, Voices, Classifieds (with tons of stuff to be sold, bought, learnt and spouses wanted), jobs (there are two vacancies at the moment) and Newsletters.

Well it has a web store as well with lots of products on sale. Go ahead check it out.

Still another news update… Bomb blast at Zaveri Bazaar, Gateway of India.

Phew!!! That was a long tour of ChaloMumbai Oops! Is it Mid Day?