Mumbai: For those travelling on a tight budget, finding affordable accommodation can be a tiresome experience. Well, pod hotels have finally arrived in India for those who want a comfortable place to stay for the night without spending a bomb.
Mumbai’s UrbanPod hotel in Andheri offers ‘pods’ that are equipped with a plasma TV, air conditioning, charging points, dressers, safety lockers, reading lights, and even free WiFi. It was opened in March this year and has 140 pod units or rooms, according to the MakeMyTrip website. They also offer women-only pods.
Pod hotels or capsule hotels originated in Japan for tourists who choose not spend hefty amounts of money on hotel rooms.
India Tribune, as an English weekly newspaper, was launched in 1977 in Chicago by its publisher Prashant Shah with a lofty ideal to serve the Asian Indian community in the USA. Over the years, it has grown with all vigor, and now it is being published in three editions – Chicago, New York and Atlanta. India Tribune, a journal of its kind for the family in the USA, has been a household name for many Indians for over three decades with each issue commanding a readership of over 125,000.
