Friday photo: Monsoon
by The rains are here, most eagerly awaited and longed for through the scorching summer months. All of India now begins to slowly shed the dry, …
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Friday photo: Bioscope
This Friday, a peek into the past… This is one of the few images I got from this year’s Kala Ghoda Arts Festival – being …
Friday photo: Juhu Chowpatty
At Juhu Chowpatty, one rainy evening many years ago… Read Babban’s story here… Also see: Friday photo series
Friday Photo: Shakti
With Navratri beginning tomorrow, this Friday photo is dedicated to She whom we worship as Shakti… Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Shakti Rupena Samsthita Namastasyai Namastasyai …
Iftar fasting and feasting
As the sun sets on Mumbai and the muezzin’s call for the evening prayer rings out, signifying the end of the day’s fast, the party …
A morning at Dhobi Ghat
“Dhobi Ghat is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mumbai,” say several websites I look into. Really? Ok, so I did land up …
Clockwork couriers
It is 8.30 am and I am almost running, trying to keep pace with dabbawalla Kiran Gawande as he purposefully navigates, on foot, the narrow …
In praise of the Gujarati thali
Published in The New York Times – All you can eat, all over Mumbai *** The Gujaratis are best known in Mumbai’s culinary scene for …