Monday, October 16, 2006

Turtlerama

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Banganga in Walkeshwar is dotted with little temples, so it kept my camera busy. Of all the photos I clicked, though, this is the one that m...
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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Of men and ships

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Since we seem to be talking about the Portuguese - this is the kind of ship in which Francis Alemida sailed into Bombay port, one morning in...
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Vada pao and more...

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So... We clicked this photo one evening at Fort. This is Bombay's trademark vada pao. Made of potato es and bread, it's an Indian bu...
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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Speaking of cattle

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[Inspired by a bullock-cart sighting at Flora Fountain - see previous post] The long-legged white-grey bullocks you see in Mumbai are var...
Friday, October 06, 2006

Bullock carts and cocktails

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I saw this bullock-cart at Flora Fountain, in the heart of the Fort business district. He's delivering sugarcane to the local Rasvanti G...
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Flour Power

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In the side-lanes of Mumbai, you might chance upon this sight - a woman waiting at the grinding mill. This lady has bought whole g rain from...
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Saturday at Horniman Circle

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They were three sisters, rag pickers. While my guests were busy admiring the architecture, I coaxed the three into posing for me. The thi...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Secret Treasure

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If, like me, you have driven past the Asiatic Library, admiring the graceful columns, I'll let you in on a little piece of trivia: The A...
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Mumbai cho bomil

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On a recent Mumbai tour, we saw this fisherman at Banganga. Guess what he had in his basket? Bombay Duck. Locals call it bombil, and the fis...
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The Art of Letter Writing

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I went to Mani Bhavan recently, and found the original letter that Gandhi wrote to Hitler. The language is simple, the message brief. I coul...
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