Showing posts with label thats my world. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Little egret in a housing comples in Prabhadevi, Mumbai.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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Durgadevi temple atop Gilbert Hill in Andheri, Mumbai.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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This one is for Carmen. At the Sewri mudflats in Mumbai.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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The beached ship has become a tourist attraction! Attempts to tug it away have failed and now will be retried after a fortnight due favorable tides.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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And the rains continue in Mumbai...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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Children celebrating the rains in Mumbai.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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Fruit picking during the weekend in Bandra (East), a prime suburb of Mumbai. In the pic on the left spot the boy who has climbed the tree to pluck the juicy Jambul also know as Jamun. Bunches of Jambul can be seen in the pic on the right. The Jambul resembles a large berry and is oblong and ovoid. It is green when just appearing, pink as it matures, and shining crimson black when fully ripe.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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The heat is on in Mumbai. Watering of plants at Ballard Estate.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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Visitors to the Sewri mudflats for birdwatching.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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New Hind House in Ballard Estate.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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The Hindustan Petroleum building in Ballard Estate.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Darabshaw House in Ballard Estate.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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'Bun maska' (Buns with butter) and 'paanikum chai'(milky tea) the all time favorites in the Irani cafes of Mumbai. These cafes are extinct now.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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The Magen David Synagogue at Byculla Synagogue was built in 1864 by the late David Sassoon who was the founder of the Sassoon empire in India. In the compound of the Synagogue there are two Jewish Schools which are run by the Sir Jacob Sassoon High School Trust and the E.E.E. Sassoon High School Trust, in which Jewish children were educated. With the paucity of Jewish students the Schools are open to all Communities, and at the moment, since the population around the vicinity are Muslims, almost 98% of the students are Muslims. In the compound we also have the Lady Rachel Free Dispensary which is run by the Trust, a doctor is employed to look after the poor and needy Jews who require medical aid.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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The iconic AirIndia building at Nariman Point in South Mumbai.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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One of the old time restaurants opposite the GPO in South Mumbai.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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The 'Army and Navy' Building in South Mumbai - another iconic landmark. Worth a look for its fine mid-19th-century neo-classical facade, this building was originally used as a British army navy store.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Traffic during peak hour outside Sion Railway station.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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The Gateway of India, the most prominent icon of Mumbai.
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Delhi Durbar, in December 1911. The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1911, by the Governor of Bombay Sir George Sydenham Clarke, with the final design of George Wittet sanctioned in August 1914. Between 1915 and 1919 work proceeded on reclamations at Apollo Bundar (Port) for the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The Gateway was opened on 4 December 1924, by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading. The well-known Jewish businessman and one of the greatest contributors to Mumbai, offering the largest donation for the construction effort, contributed 10 Lakhs of Rupees. Out of the total expenses, Gammon India claims that it did India's first pre-cast reinforced concrete job for the foundation of the Gateway of India.
The last British troops to leave India, the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the Gateway in a ceremony on 28 February 1948.
Its design is a combination of both Hindu and Muslim architectural styles, the arch is in Muslim style while the decorations are in Hindu style. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens were brought from Gwalior.
It was a crude jetty used by fisher folks and was later renovated and used as a landing place for British governors and other distinguished personages. In earlier times, the Gateway was the monument that visitors arriving by boat would have first seen in the city of Mumbai.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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The Knesset Eliyahoo, also Knesset Eliyahu, is an 1885 synagogue in Fort (area) in downtown Mumbai. It was built by Jacob Elias Sassoon and his brothers to commemorate their father and is run by the Jacob Sassoon Trust. In 1985, the President of India, Giani Zail Singh, visited to honor the centennial of the building of the synagogue. The Indian Post Office issued a stamp in honor of the centennial.

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