Weekend Retreat/Akshaya Kumar

The chief of Colliers Jardine, Akshaya Kumar, finds himself touring the country over the weekend. Akshaya Kumar has work to do, and not just in Mumbai. 8220;When the weekend arrives, I8217;m working out of the city,8221; he says. The point he makes is there aren8217;t any places you can go to around Mumbai and come back peacefully. 8220;If you decide to hop across to Pune, there8217;s the headache of catching a train and whatnot. By the time, you8217;re back, you are so tired that the entire purpose of getting away for the weekend is defeated. So why bother? Give me a list of 10 places close by, where I can go and then feel like going back to any one of those places,8221; he says.

With the heat, traffic and pollution in the city rising every day, there8217;s nothing he would like more than to get away from the crush. And an extremely hectic lifestyle is sure to get that attitude into anyone. 8220;I8217;m sure anyone who leads a hectic lifestyle would practically give an arm and a leg to get away from e-mails and cellphones. Wouldn8217;t you?8221; heasks.