Monochrome mania

Waiting in his summer uniform, for his team to arrive, to play cricket in Girgaon.

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Girgaon street

Curiosity writ large on his face.

Holding the fort!

Guarding the flagpost.

Monochrome mania

Getting to work, in Girgaon.

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God bless!

Entrance to a building compound in Girgaon.

Monochrome mania

Propped up balconies in a building in Girgaon.

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Moment in time

A moment in time at Girgaon. 

Well grounded

A street side shop at ground level in Girgaon.

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Monochrome mania

Girgaon in transition from Bombay to Mumbai.

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Tea time

Tea time at the chai tapri outside Banaji Ateshbehram (Parsi Fire temple) on Maharshi Karve Road, Girgaon.

When Mumbai was Bombay

This is how buildings were decades back when Mumbai was Bombay.

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Chapel

A pretty chapel at the entrance of Khotachi wadi, Charni Road.

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Tapri chai

In Mumbai a 'Tapri' is a shanty tea shop strategically located at the street corner, near college campuses, offices or basically near any establishment that will provide customers for brewed tea or chai. The above was at a street corner in Girgaon.

Mural

A beautiful mural in Khotachiwadi, Charni road.

Artefacts corner

Artefacts corner in Khotachi wadi.

An old chawl

An old chawl in St.Francis Xavier Lane in Thakurdwar.

Redevelopment in Girgaon

The old giving way to the new in Girgaon. From Bombay to Mumbai.

Cannons as bollards

These are Cannons inverted and buried to act as bollards or markers between Zaoba wadi and  Navi wadi in Girgaon. But the local story is that they symbolise the end of strife and beginning of peace.

Gordhandas in Girgaon

A beautiful old building against a cloudy sky in Girgaon.

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Spiral staircase

In the olden days domestic help were supposed to use this staircase and enter homes through the back door. This is one of the surviving relics of that period in Chira Bazaar, Girgaon.