The New York Times did a piece on "36 Hours in Mumbai" this past weekend.  It's a bit heavy on food and drink but it does do a good job of highlighting some of the more modern Mumbai stops that aren't the usual collection of monuments and sightseeing photo-ops.  And 36 hours may be rushed but it might also be just enough time in the big city before heading out to smaller-town India.

A nice slideshow of Mumbai accompanies the online article.

There are a number of India travel blogs out there but one of the richest is paintedstork.com.  Arun (who did an interview on IndiaTravelInsights.org) is undertaking a project this month where he's uploading walking maps for 15 of India's more popular tourist destinations, including, to this point, Old Delhi, Rishikesh, and Varanasi. 

As he says, "Unlike in many countries, walks and walking tours are not common or popular in India. This series intends to promote the idea of walks that can enable travellers to see and experience the places better by getting closer."

A good idea and well executed with each amble including: detailed description of the walk along with maps, difficulty level, best season and time of day to do the walk, distance and helpful Google maps.

Bangalore now has its new airport … but what happens to the old 'port is still up in the air as the New York Times reports.  It seems that in India's most modern tech-central city, people just don't trust the newfangled stuff – at least until it's safely out of beta testing.

In a quote reminiscent of the ailing Lou Gehrig, Albert Brunner, the CEO of the Bengaluru International Airport (a consortium composed of the private enterprises Unique Zurich Airport, Siemens Project Ventures and Larsen & Toubro and the state-owne