Keep clean

A shopkeeper of mobile accessories sweeping the area around his shop in Khar.

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Kolhapuri chappal

A Kolhapuri chappal stall on the street in Khar. 

Kolhapuri chappals or Kolhapuris are Indian hand-crafted, braided leather slip-on sandals that are locally tanned using vegetable dyes, and hand-decorated with patterns. They are open-toed, T-strap sandals with a loop to hold the big toe, and a large foot loop forward of the ankle fixed by a cord to an attachment point near the toe loop, made to slip on without any fastening. In July 2019, Kolhapuri chappals received a geographical indication tag from the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks. These chappals were first made in Kolhapur, but artisans from Karnataka have also been making Kolhapuri chappals for centuries. Districts such as Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts of Maharashtra as well as Bagalkot, Belgavi, Dharwad and Bijapur district of Karnataka will only be able to carry the tag of "Kolhapuri chappal" Wikipedia.

Prada had included these in their Spring-Summer 2026 collection with no mention of their Indian origin which led to a lot of outrage in India and now Prada has agreed to give due recognition to its origins.

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Tyre tubes

Tyre tubes hanging is a sign that it is the place for repairing tyre punctures. This is in Bandra.

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Mobiles

A salesman in a mobile sales and repair shop in Irla.

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Chocolates and Mangoes

Have a Kit Kat along with some delicious mangoes! It is the mango season now which will end soon!

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Clothier

A clothier's shop on Bazaar road in Bandra.

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Rice haven

A shop in Bandra displaying the various types of rice they sell!

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Perfectionists

The owners of this shop in Surti Mohalla call themselves 'Clothing Perfectionists'.

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Cobbler

 A cobbler on the street in his licenced shop in Bandra. The board/sign on his shop reads 'Shri Geeta Usray Chappal (slipper)'

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Looking..

A shopkeeper looking for customers. Hard times.

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Care

The sign surely not applicable to the building in which the shop is housed.

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Handicrafts

A beautiful mural on a shop selling handicrafts in South Mumbai.

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Happy Book Stall

My favourite book shop in Bandra since the past 5 decades.

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Sweets and savouries

The sweets and savouries shop in Bandra east is open for business waiting for customers. Diwali the festival of lights is on though the celebration is at a low level due to Covid.

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Punctured

 Suffered my 1st cycle puncture and got it patched up at a local cycle shop. Ready to ride again!

Framed

Locked down and out. A street shot in Mumbai.

Fresh fruits

Fresh fruits on display in Crawford market.

Spiritual tie up

up

A priest setting up shop on the way to the Mahalakshmi temple. He is selling threads that are blessed to ward off bad omens. These are tied to the wrists of the person who needs the protection. This belief system is very strong.

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Old timer

An old timer happy to see visitors to Haji Ali. More visitors = More business! Visitors are blessed and shop keepers are blessed too! Win Win!

Chadar and flowers

The 'Chadar' and floral garlands that can be offered at Haji Ali dargah, sold in the shop enroute.