Leaving Mumbai …
January 17, 2021I never thought I would leave Mumbai. The city of my birth. The city that let me grow. The city that was so much part of me, that the very act of returning to it from my travels, would make me smile…
Category: Mumbai
Mumbai Reflections
September 18, 2017Mumbai. My city. There is no where else in the world, that i feel so connected – and i have lived in other places. I can watch the city go by, for hours at a go. feeling every pulse of it. Alive,…
Historical Mumbai – a walk through the past
November 28, 2016Sometime last year, I figured one thing about my life. That my brain was going to rust, metaphorically speaking, if I didn’t do things apart from work. A news role, placed serious dampeners on my meeting interesting people, and doing interesting things…
Mumbai – Coloured
November 4, 2015And, there are some more shots. I have been practising night shooting. It is fun, especially trying to capture varying degrees of brightness at different points of the skyline. A lot of photography is framing. It is the same premise as when…
Changes …
October 14, 2015Mumbai’s changing landscape – On July 12th this year, i moved my family from the wadala place we were renting, to Kherwadi in Bandra East – just off the highway. The rent is steeper than Wadala (but not by much) – but…
Mumbai Monsoons – wet and somewhat wild
July 3, 2014Monsoons finally arrived in Mumbai yesterday. The city wore a fresh look – all washed and cleansed. Traffic went for a toss – honking levels were off the scale. Western Railway trudged on. Central railways and harbour lines had issues – and…
Mumbai – As the city frays, some threads to weave it together
September 22, 2013(Mumbai from the 12th floor of India Bulls) I physically miss Mumbai when i am away from it. There is something about the city – the sheer energy, the sheer buzz, the lack of pretense. that is missing elsewhere. Maybe people from…
Judicial Commission into Mumbai Police raids??? – be careful what you wish for !!
June 29, 2012I hate being a wet blanket, but when I see poorly drafted, poorly thought through work like this – i really lose it. A friend sent me this to sign, i took one look at it and rang his number to ask…
In Defense of Dhoble ….
June 15, 2012The Untouchables (1987), the film based around the era of prohibition in the USA, tells the story of a unit of policemen who take down Al Capone. The film is set in the city of Chicago and opens with these lines :…
Disappearing Open Spaces in Mumbai – what can You do :D
April 12, 2012That Mumbai’s open spaces are under threat is no secret. slowly but surely playgrounds, parks, maidans have all made way for concrete & steel buildings, shanties, garages, small businesses and large, giant parking lots, dumping grounds. Near my house in Andheri (E)…