Word: bombay
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...push will be the rise of tropical megacities--huge, densely packed cities in less developed nations. A U.N. study predicts that by the year 2015, there will be 26 extremely big cities on the planet, and 22 of them will be in less developed regions. The megacities will include Bombay (26 million people by 2015), Lagos (24 million), Dhaka (19 million) and Karachi (19 million). By 2030, almost 60% of the world's people will live in urban areas. By then, some megacities could have 30 million or more people. The population of California today is 35 million. Take...
...your company online in three months? Why have a boss when you and three buddies can build your own publicly traded company in two years? Windows this big don't open very often. That's the reason people are flocking to the Valley, from Wall Street and Moscow and Bombay...
...course, it's possible that eLance could drive wages down by cutting out intermediaries like temp and staffing agencies. But startups pressed for time and cash might welcome a virtual hiring hall of humans. eLance farmed out work on its site to a programmer in Bombay who named the right price online. Says Sheth, "In the real world, you can't hire 500 people over the weekend...
...Bombay Club, a large restaurant with 126 seats, concentrates on service and its wait staff is quick and responsive and generally helpful about explaining the food. As well as educating people about the regional foods of India, something Kapoor sees as his mission, the restaurant also offers other glimpses into its culture, from maharaja dinners where henna artists decorate the hands of guests and dinner is served from special silver platters, to dosas made in the center of the dining room on weekends...
...Bombay Club's plunge into regional cuisines is obviously an evolving project, but a heartening one, offering a chance to discover more about the excitement of Indian cuisine. Excerpt from the Calender Section of the Boston Globe, June 11, 1998. Written by Alison Arnett 57 JFK Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge...