Showing posts with label chawl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chawl. Show all posts

Monday, February 19, 2024

Life above art


This mural promotes safety by asking people to use masks and life above the mural goes on as usual.

Linking to Monday murals  

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Old housing


Old housing in Parel, possibly belonging to the erstwhile textile mills labourers.

Linking to My corner of the world. 

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Housing


Surviving homes in the heritage village, Matharpacady in Mazagaon.

Linking to a blog hop here  

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Sign of celebration


Lights being put up - a sure sign of celebration!

Linking to Tom's Signs2

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Humble abodes

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Humble abodes in Lower Parel. These are typical single room tenements in a row called chawls.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Expressions

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Expressions on the faces of spectators viewing the spectacular human pyramid in Dadar.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Team dahi handi

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This team of young lads biding their time to form the human pyramid and take a crack at the pot of gold!

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Govinda excitement

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All the residents of a chawl in Dadar are out in full strength to cheer the brave Govindas during the birth celebrations of Lord Krishna.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A cute old chawl


A cute old chawl in Chira Bazaar.

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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Chawl



A chawl is a type of building that is often 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements (referred to as kholis meaning rooms) on each floor,. Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance in the early 1900s to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming cotton mills and overall strong economy.
The above picture is of a chawl in Gamdevi.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Chawl


A chawl (from Marathi चाळ, chā) is a name for a type of building found in Mumbai. They are often multistoried with about 10 to 20 tenements, referred to as kholis, which literally mean 'rooms' on each floor. Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance in the early 1900s to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming cotton mills and overall strong economy.A chawl (from Marathi चाळ, chā) is a name for a type of building found in Mumbai. They are often multistoried with about 10 to 20 tenements, referred to as kholis, which literally mean 'rooms' on each floor. Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance in the early 1900s to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming cotton mills and overall strong economy.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

MyWorld

Tiny apartments all in a row. This is known as a 'chawl' a very popular housing concept in old Mumbai, mainly occupied by the vast labour class of textile mills of yore. This is a picture of a chawl in Dadar.
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