Stars have been discovered, and love lost and found, on Mumbai’s iconic red buses. Hop on for a road trip. Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi started his career as a bus conductor in Bombay, in 1942.

I was reminded of the Johnny Walker story when I realised, earlier this month, that BEST, the government-run Mumbai bus service, turned 150 this year. It started off as a horse-drawn tram service ...