Victoria Terminus or Mumbai CST Heritage walk
This is the view that you get from the second level of the heritage building if you sign up for their tour (Mon-Fri 3:00PM-6:00PM)
A fire broke out in Mumbai this afternoon.
A major fire broke out at a plot near ROLEX Restaurant Junction in Mumbai this afternoon. The flow of traffic at the ROLEX Restaurant Junction is relentless. Cars, motorbikes, bicycles and handcarts etc. creep in on you from all directions. I was working in the area when all of a sudden; I noticed black fumes…
Offline Farmville
I love farms and farming; not the facebook kind though. I have wanted to spend time in the midst of hardworking farmers and cattle since 10 odd years. I never got going though. Farmers start growing rice in the month of June, that’s when the monsoons set in. And the lush green paddy fields are…
HAPPY DIWALI from Purushwadi!
I spent the first four days of this week scouting Purushwadi. Yes, I contemplated the idea of writing a few jokes to follow that opening line but then decided against it. Purushwadi is atop a hill near Ghoti along the Mumbai-Nashik Highway but never mind all of that. The turfs at altitudes higher than Purushwadi…
Lalbaugcha Raja in 2011
Lalbaugcha Raja has a lot of history behind it dating back to pre independence times. Most of the major textile mills of Bombay stood in this neighbourhood. Mill workers lived here in tenements or chawls. One fine day, the owners of these mills decided to either shut down operations or move elsewhere as property prices…
Versova, Mumbai 400061
Versova is an upmarket neighbourhood in the Andheri area in northern Mumbai. It is located at 19°7’60N 72°47’60E and is known for its beach and the Versova Fort. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versova_(Mumbai) Shot from the 6th floor of a residential building. November in 2009 brought unseasonable thundershowers, pleasant weather and overcast but beautiful skies. Canon AE-1P 50mm f/1.4…
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People assembled along Mumbai’s Marine Drive in huge numbers during high tides in the July of 2009. Limited edition archival photo by Girish Menon.
b &w
In this day and age, I can recommend only the one professional film lab that processes black and white film in Bombay – Studio Mull Herr. It wasn’t the case five years ago. I had options. 4 or 5 of them. I’d use Mazda most oft. A bunch of juveniles engage in outdoor sports whilst…
Monsoons and high tides. Bombay 2009.
These were to be the tallest waves in over one hundred years. “..stay indoors if you can. Stay back at the office, should things get out of control. Avoid outings during the 23rd, 24th and 25th, of July, 2009.” “WOW! High tides! Waves! Let’s go!” Crowds of people assembled, in anticipation, along Marine Drive. Numbers…
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