Hutatma Chowk or the Martyr’s Square was renamed to its current name in 1960 in the memory of the 105 Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti members who were killed in a police fire that marred their peaceful demonstration in January of 1960. They were demanding a separate Marathi-speaking state in the country, and their efforts bore fruits…
Category: Trivia
The Commoners
If you have walked the roads of Dadar and locations nearby, you would pass many old souls with two baskets full of vegetables loaded on a balance on their shoulders cheerfully. You will usually spot them in typical half-pants and a Gandhi topi as they cheerfully carry the heavy loads carefully maintaining their stability, pace in a jolly…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Old Fashioned 2
Flora Fountain, at the Hutatma Chowk is another heritage structure which is found at the heart of Churchgate, south Mumbai. Constructed in 1864, the working fountain is surrounded with intricate sculptures and depicts the Roman goddess Flora. Although parts of the structure are broken, I sure hope that they restore it soon. The fountain looks…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Old Fashioned
The most amazing thing about the town side of Mumbai, specifically CST and Churchgate are of the city is the tall and magnificent Victorian Structures. However, what I would want to highlight in this picture of the Rajabai tower at the Fort Campus of the University of Mumbai, designed by English architect Sir George Gilbert…
Humble Beginnings
Churchgate has been etched in history for many right and wrong reasons. However, this ‘town’ in the city of Mumbai is special to me because I started my professional life here. Personally, it is the town of many firsts, a place where me and my closest friend sowed the first seed of professional ambitions. It’s…
Lighting It Up!
I love experimenting with lights on my camera, and recently I found myself playing around with the focus. I took this shot from the windscreen on a car, just as it was pulling out at a green traffic signal, amidst streetlights. Although I would’ve preferred the lights to be better aligned, it did come out…
Snack Time!
Fryums as these are locally called are usually found in almost every traditional Indian house hold. Growing up, I remember those summers when all the women in the building decided on a day when they would prepare these early in them morning and leave them to sun dry for a couple of days. All the…
The Irresistible Color of Saccharine
Growing up, mom used to always throw a fit of we wanted to eat cotton candy. called as Buddhi ka baal (old lady’s hair) locally, mom used to warn us that we shouldn’t eat any even behind her back. You see, we didn’t exactly grow up in the “pocket-money / allowance era”, so the only…
Wisdom of a Flock
For years, many tried to make sure that Juhu becomes one of the cleanest beaches in the city. However, one stranded ship turned the tides overnight, literally. Sometime in June 2011, cargo vessel MV Wisdom that was headed to the Alang ship breaking yard at Gujarat was stranded and strayed over to one of the…
The One That Got Away!
The beach is probably the best place to carry your camera to, however you do have to be extra careful considering the humid winds and salty water. Anyway, my husband usually seems fascinated with the monkey man balloons that are usually sold here, although he’s never really purchased one. But this one even caught my…
Snapshots of my World 