1. You say “town ” and expect everyone to know that this means south of Churchgate.
2. You spend Rs 2 - 3 crores for buying a small 2-3 bedroom house and you think it’s a “steal”.
3. Your door has more than three locks.
4. You refuse to call the lanes of Bandra by their Indian names. You are more familiar with Carter Road, Turner Road, Peri Cross Road .
5. You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, walking / waving friends, a species unique only in Bandra.(You find them on Carter road / Band Stand and Joggers Park)
6. All you read in the Times of India is the “Bombay Times” supplement.
7. You take fashion too seriously and do not believe in missing out any SALE in the designers showrooms.
8. Wear 3-10 carat solitaires as your daily wear – even for walk or to the gym.
9. You own more than 2 cars or even 5 cars for your small family of 3 or 4.
10. You enjoy your weekly outing to a fancy restaurant and even enjoy the Chinese Dosa and pav bhaji dosa at Mani Dosawala  or Bhel, panipuri on the roadside anytime.
11. You never believe that Delhi and Bangalore can be as good places to live, if not better in some ways.
12. You love bragging about the filmstars and cricketers you keep seeing.
13. Every time you meet socially with your Bandra friends you discuss the roads conditions, the Bandra Worli Sea Link or auto rickshaws of Bandra.
14. You believe spending Rs.50+ for a Donut or IceCream is pretty reasonable.
15. You only wear Brands and do most of your daily-wear shopping from Hues, Mesh, H₂0 ….  
16. You love to watch and play football (not cricket).
17. You stay either close to Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranvir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Preeti Zinta, Sanjay Dutt, Malaika Arora Khan , Aishwarya Rai or Sachin Tendulkar. These are the landmarks to find your house!!
18. You always go abroad for your summer vacations.
19. Some of you leave your swanky cars at home and travel by local train.
20. Your children can afford Mocha/ Barista/ CCD /Baskin Robbins everyday.
21. In case of 5 /10 min. power failure you seriously think getting inverter put which can run your AC.
22. Your watchman doesn’t have a name - you just call him ‘watchman’.
23. You think everyone who lives to the south of you is a snob and to the north of you need to ‘get a life’.
24. You shop at Alfa every once a week for your imported stuff.
25. You are a member of some Gym in Bandra or go for Bharat Thakur Yoga Class.
    

Leena