Monday, May 31, 2021

Kolis


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

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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Hide and seek


The super moon playing hide and seek.

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Saturday, May 29, 2021

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.

Friday, May 28, 2021

Skywatch


The bird aiming for the moon.

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Mumbai summer

Sign that describes the Mumbai summer.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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!
 

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

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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Monday, May 24, 2021

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 It has now been replaced by another.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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Sunday, May 23, 2021

Big brother


 Big brother is watching.

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Saturday, May 22, 2021

Stern look


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

Friday, May 21, 2021

Dramatic


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

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Drive - In


The Drive-in vaccination centre in Bandra Kurla Complex,

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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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Monday, May 17, 2021

Friends


A bright, cheery mural in Worli.

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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Street


A street in Bandra East.

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Saturday, May 15, 2021

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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Friday, May 14, 2021

Skywatch

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

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

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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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Spot the sun


The sun peeking from behind a skyscraper in Bandra.

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Monday, May 10, 2021

Messi

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

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Sunday, May 9, 2021

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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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Let me fly


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

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Friday, May 7, 2021

Skywatch


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

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Paneer and Ice Cream

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

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Bandra across the bay

Bandra viewed from Worli across the bay.

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Bandra by night

Bandra at night.

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Monday, May 3, 2021

Portrait

Beautiful portrait on the wall in Worli.

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Sunday, May 2, 2021

Resting moon


 A tired Super moon resting awhile before setting.

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Saturday, May 1, 2021

Sunbird

A male purple rumped sunbird in my balcony. 

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