One of the oldest reading libraries in the city is The David Sassoon Library. The heritage structure was built by Albert Sassoon, and is named after his father Baghdadi Jewish philanthropist, David Sassoon. The building designed by architects J. Campbell and G. E. Gosling, for the Scott McClelland and Company, the structure is created using yellow Malad stone, with…
Category: Landscapes
Communal Harmony
Bandra is one of the most harmonious suburbs of the city. Despite its cosmopolitan nature, the place several religious buildings including churches like the famous Mount Mary’s Basilica, a Parsi fire-temple called Tata Agiary, the Jama Masjid (mosque) close to the Bandra West railway station and a temple dedicated to Goddess Jari-Mari. I got this…
House of Knowledge
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai has its origins from the Literary Society of Bombay founded by Sir James Mackintosh that met in Mumbai on November 26, 1804, for the first time. It was named as Asiatic Society of Bombay in 1954, after the institution broke away from the Royal Asiatic Society. When the name of…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sky 2
One look at the skies and you know what mood nature is in. The sky, at times, seems to be the window into the nature’s mind. One look and you know if she’s happy, if she’s glum, or if she’s plain sad. Sky gazing can be a lot of fun but we got not time…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sky
OK this is not a view of the sky, rather a view from the sky. Domestic flights in India let you use a camera on flight, and this is what the skyline of suburban Mumbai looks like. I took this shot on a recent trip to Coorg, and I never imagined that Mumbai can look…
Moving Mountains
Both my husband and I are nature lovers, but we don’t really prefer the same aspect of nature. I love water bodies more, while he enjoys mountains and landscapes more. However, we both don’t appreciate quarrying of mountains to make way for motor-able roads, which is ironic because without them, we won’t discover half of…
The Tempest Face of the Sea
Just the other day, I mentioned the calm face of the sea. Today, let me show you the other side, which is why I call its relationship with Mumbai city strange. Bandra Bandstand, is said to be the lovers paradise, as it throngs with young couples expressing their emotions openly and without any inhibitions. Just…
A Quiet Frame of a Bustling City
The City of Mumbai (Bombay) has a very strange relationship with the sea. In one of the fastest paced city in the entire country, the only quiet place is the backwaters, which aren’t known to be calm. But the city looks breathtaking and quiet especially in the afternoons as most people are busy in their…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn 2
I got this shot waiting for traffic to open up on a semi quarried road. Kinda reminded me of the saying, simple living high thinking. However, I don’t know what is more worn out, the bicycle, the steel jar or the road… What do you think?
Peace at Heart
One of the most beautiful, monasteries in India, this one is called as the Golden Temple, at Kushal Nagar at Coorg, Karnataka. The peaks are said to be set in gold, and as local folklore suggests, the land was gifted to the Tibetan refugee monks as a gesture of goodwill. The area houses prayer houses,…
Snapshots of my World 