Gurunanak Road (16)

Forget Infosys. Ajnabee overnight sensation Shekhar Vada Pav is the real India 2.0. If they are not ISO 9002 certified, they may as well be. If the freshness of the vadai weren't enough, I'd be back just for a photo of their stacked pyramid of lemon-yellow bondas. As a monument to single-minded efficiency it falls short of its Gizan likeness only in scale and the relative immediacy with which it will be dismantled for battering and frying.

Posed optimistically in front of Bandra Talao, the spotless Shekhar shack reminds us what a glorious backdrop the tank could be, and what disrepair it's fallen into. (Seriously: paddleboating?) This neglected dumping ground could easily be spruced up into Bandra's third waterfront, à la Thane. Instead it's passed without a glance by, what, a lakh commuters daily? Today we might also consider what Bandra might become if it weren't a migratory sanctuary for lovebirds. Instead they all flock to Bandstand, pressed into benches like Bombay duck. What a waste.