It was during my student days in Pune that I first came to know of Raj Thackeray. That was the time when he first started making noises against Uddhav Thackeray. And that was the first time we came to know that the flat bang opposite ours belonged to Raj Thackeray....

"My dear girl, only a tenth of Mumbai's population can actually afford a home," a prominent realtor told me when I was interviewing him for a story on the costliest flat deal in the city. Be that as may be, getting a home has actually become easier for some sections...