Asian Koel

A female Asian Koel dropped by for breakfast outside my window,

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Sunrays

A beautiful sunrise with silver lining on the dark clouds in Bandra east.

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SOS

A thoughtful message - What we save saves us!

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Oleander

Oleanders wave the double-decker bus goodbye in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

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Watermelons

Watermelons on sale in Santacruz, to cool you down in the hot summer days of Mumbai.

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Stay safe

Despite the mask mandate being off since a fortnight it is advisable to stay masked to stay safe as the artist portrays in the lovely mural in Bandra east.

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Natural maze

The bare branches of a gulmohar tree in Mulund form a natural maze.

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Follow the leader

Flamingos at the Thane creek flamingo sanctuary in Mulund.

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Skyscratchers

Skyscratchers which will soon be skyscrapers in Bandra east.

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Granite

A one stop shop for Granite in Andheri. These shops are flourishing to supply the increasing demand in the construction business.

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Tabebuia rosea

Pink blooms line the street of the Bandra Kurla Complex in Bandra east.

Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm. The Spanish name roble de sabana, meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica, probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because of the resemblance of its wood to that of oak trees. It is the national tree of El Salvador, where it is called "Maquilíshuat"

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African tulips

The African tulip tree in full bloom in the Bandra Kurla Complex in Bandra east.

Common name: African tulip tree, Fountaintree • Hindi: Rugtoora रगतूरा• Tamil: Patadi • Bengali: Rudrapalash • Kannada: ಜೀರ್ಕೊೞವಿಕಾಯಿ, ಜೀರ್ಕೊಳವಿಕಾಯಿ Jeerkolavi kaayi, ನೀರುಕಾಯಿ Neeru kaayi, ಉಚ್ಚೆಕಾಯಿ Ucche kaayi

One of the world's most spectacular flowering trees, African tulip tree is a large upright tree with glossy deep green pinnate leaves and glorious orange scarlet flowers. It may grow to 80 ft on an ideal site, but most specimens are much smaller. The tree has a stout, tapering, somewhat buttressed trunk covered in warty light gray bark. The lateral branches are short and thick. The 1-2 ft long opposite leaves, which emerge a bronzy color, are massed at the ends of the branches. They are composed of 5-19 deeply veined oval leaflets. The horn shaped velvety olive buds appear in upturned whorls at the branch tips. A few at a time, the buds of the lowest tier bend outward and open into big crinkled red orange tuliplike bells with red streaked gold throats, frilly yellow edges, and four brown-anthered stamens in the center. They are followed by 5-10 in green brown fingerlike pods pointing upwards and outwards above the foliage. Each of these pods contains about 500 tissue papery seeds. The tree flowers in spurts all through the growing season, but peak bloom is usually in the spring.

Info sourced from Flowers of India

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Van Gogh

A beautiful mural of a masked Van Gogh, in Bandra east.

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Beautiful corner

A mini minaret adorning the Hajiani tomb in Worli.

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Zen

Cat and the art of meditation.

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Colours

Pink, green and blue with clouds and birds. A beautiful sight up above in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

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Upgrade

Looking forward... hopefully sooner than later. The whole city is dug up for construction of the Metro making commute a nightmare.

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Hone your knives

The guys on the cycles are knife/blade sharpeners. You can get your knives or blades honed by them for a small price rather than buying new ones. A form of recycling. Very few of them in business today.

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Colour of the month - Yellow

A profusion of yellow flowers on the trees and the street in the Bandra Kurla Complex, 

Peltophorum pterocarpum (commonly known as copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame) is a species of Peltophorum, native to tropical southeastern Asia and a popular ornamental tree grown around the world. Wikipedia

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Stay masked

Don't let your mask down. The virus is scheming and plotting to get back! A mural in Bandra east.

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Artsy cat

Cat in the dark in our parking lot.

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Bulbul

'You talking to me?' asks the red vented bulbul perched on the banyan tree outside my window.

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Cloudy sky

Sunrise on a cloudy day.

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Working...

The Municipality is busy working for a better tomorrow.. in Bandra east.

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Flowering

A beautiful sight in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

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Promises

Rosebuds in my balcony - promises of blossoms soon.

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Mona Lisa

Beautiful mural in Bandra east. Mona Lisa smiling behind her mask I presume. 

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