Kolis

The fisherfolk of Maharashtra, known as Kolis, in their traditional attire. painted on the wall in Worli.

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Hide and seek

The super moon playing hide and seek.

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Fruit bat

An Indian flying fox also known as the Greater Indian fruit bat hanging out on a tree outside my window.. It is a species of flying fox found in the Indian subcontinent and is one of the largest bats in the world.

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Skywatch

The bird aiming for the moon.

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Mumbai summer

Sign that describes the Mumbai summer.

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Ready to eat

The famous Alphonso mango, popularly known as Hapoos, cut and diced, ready to eat. Actually it is best eaten whole, skinning it with one's teeth and then biting into the delicious sweet flesh with its juice streaming down to the elbow, finishing it off by sucking on the seed, not a bit of flesh left behind. It's an art!

 

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Sausage tree

A sausage tree in the Bandra Kurla Complex. 

Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, which occurs throughout tropical Africa. The so-called sausage tree grows a poisonous fruit that is up to 60 cm (2 feet) long, weighs about 7 kg (15 pounds), and resembles a sausage in a casing. Wikipedia.

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Wide screen

This is how the full mural looked on Chapel Road, Bandra. It has now been replaced by another. This was sponsored by a beer brand. Did not last long like the fizz in the beer.

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Big brother

 Big brother is watching.

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Stern look

A black kite on our terrace giving me a stern look.

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Dramatic

Drama in the sky just before the cyclone whizzed past our coast.

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Drive - In

The Drive-in vaccination centre in Bandra Kurla Complex,

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Tauktae trail

The broken branches of the tree as a result of the Tauktae cyclone that whizzed past Mumbai. This scene of destruction was replicated at almost every street corner.

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Cyclone Tauktae

The darkening sky last morning to warn about the arrival of Cyclone Tauktae.

And then the gusty winds laden with rain began to lash the city. This was just the beginning.

Fortunately for us it just passed by our coast

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Friends

A bright, cheery mural in Worli.

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Street

A street in Bandra East.

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Polly

Yes, am Polly. Have you brought a cracker for me? Polly wants a cracker.

A rose ringed parakeet in Bandra east.

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Skywatch

Mumbai expecting a storm this weekend. The sky not showing any signs yet.

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Mumbai is upgrading

 Sign in the Bandra Kurla Complex on the barrier put up on the road that is dug up.

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The Hapoos Mango

 It's the mango season and the Hapoos mango is here! Hapoos is the Indianised name of the delicious Alphonso mango. 

The 'Alphonso' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in India. The variety is named after Afonso de Albuquerque, a Portuguese general and military expert who helped establish Portuguese colonies in India. The Portuguese introduced grafting on mango trees to produce varieties like Alphonso. The Alphonso is also one of the most expensive varieties of mango, and is grown mainly in western India. Wikipedia

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Spot the sun

The sun peeking from behind a skyscraper in Bandra.

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Messi

A tribute to the legendary Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, in Bandra.

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Windows

Bare windows of Sion Fort.

The Sion Hillock Fort was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay. When it was built, the fort marked the boundary between British-held Parel island and the Portuguese held Salsette Island that lay to the north across the creek.

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Let me fly

 'Let me fly' pleads the baby to its father in my balcony.

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Skywatch

A few clouds, birds and branches of a tree in the vast blue sky.

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Paneer and Ice Cream

Paneer is Indian cheese. With temperatures rising Ice creams are the way to go!

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Bandra across the bay

Bandra viewed from Worli across the bay.

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Bandra by night

Bandra at night.

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Portrait

Beautiful portrait on the wall in Worli.

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Resting moon

 A tired Super moon resting awhile before setting.

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Sunbird

A male purple rumped sunbird in my balcony. 

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