Remembering the Mahatma

 

Remembering  Mahatma Gandhi on India's 74th Independence Day. This cutout is in Mani Bhavan, Mumbai where he resided and headquartered the Freedom movement of India from the British.

Raindrops

 

A slight drizzle persists all day from gloomy grey skies.

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"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"

Raindrops are falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothing seems to fit
Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling

So I just did me some talking to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
He's sleeping on the job
Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep fallin'

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me
Won't defeat me
It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
Crying's not for me
'Cause, I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining

Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me

It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
Crying's not for me, 'cause,
I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining

Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me

B J Thomas

Street vendors

 

Street vendors in the secondary fish market at the Sassoon docks. Pre Covid. From my archives.

After the rains

 

People are gradually venturing out in Bandra east, with an eased lockdown in force.

The tyre tube on the tree is a sign that there is a tyre tube restorer under the tree. 

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Kerbside shopping

 

Kerbside shopping for fruits in Santacruz east, as the lockdown has been partially lifted in Mumbai. This junction is usually packed with people and traffic during normal times.

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Unity in Diversity

 A beautiful mural by Hoop Art in Bandra. From my archives.

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Nature's fury

 The stormy weather took its toll in the past two days in Mumbai.

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Coy Kite

 A coy black kite in Bandra east.

Monsoon greys

The Mumbai monsoon grey sky.

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A beautiful song by 

Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner's face is always well-hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Bob Dylan

The blues

The blue dome of the Ma Hajiani tomb in Worli.

The Ma Hajiani dargah (tomb) in Worli was built in 1908 in honour of Ma Hajiani, a saint believed to be the sister of Saint Pir Haji Ali Bukhari. According to legend, they died at sea and their bodies were washed ashore, a few metres from each other. They were then buried at the respective places they were found. Subsequently two tombs were built - Haji Ali Dargah for the brother and Ma Hajiani dargah for the sister.

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Lamp light

Rains in the lamp light in Mumbai now.

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Yoga park

The Yoga park in Bandra Reclamation. Closed now due to Covid19. It has a statue of Patanjali, the 1st exponent of Yoga.

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Soon hopefully

A beautiful message by Hoop Art on the wall in Bandra but unfortunately a tough call in these days. This is from my archives.

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Spot the face

Spot the face 😊
An old building in Mumbai.

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CDP Theme Day - City people

Today Eid-al-Adha or Bakri Eid is being celebrated in Mumbai and this is how the sweet shops would have been crowded, but thanks to Covid19, this year the celebrations are muted, This is from my archives.

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Hole in the sky

I see the moon through the hole in the sky.

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A beautiful song by Black Sabbath

I'm looking through a hole in the sky
I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie
I'm getting closer to the end of the line
I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine

I'm living in a room without any view
I'm living free because the rent's never due
The synonyms of all the things that I've said
Are just the riddles that are built in my head

Hole in the sky, take me to heaven
Window in time, through it I fly

I've seen the stars disappear in the sun
The shooting's easy if you've got the right gun
And even though I'm sitting waiting for Mars
I don't believe there's any future in cause

Hole in the sky, take me to heaven
Window in time, through it I fly
Yeah

I've watched the dogs of war enjoying their feast
I've seen the western world go down in the east
The food of love became the greed of our time
But now I'm living on the profits of pride

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Michael Butler / Tony Iommi / Ozzy Osbourne / William Ward

People

People outside the Sassoon docks fish market.

From my archives.

Ma Hajiani

This is a picture of the Ma Hajiani dargah taken from the Haji Ali Dargah in Worli.

The Ma Hajiani dargah (tomb) in Worli was built in 1908 in honour of Ma Hajiani, a saint believed to be the sister of Saint Pir Haji Ali Bukhari. According to legend, they died at sea and their bodies were washed ashore, a few metres from each other. They were then buried at the respective places they were found. Subsequently two tombs were built - Haji Ali Dargah for the brother and Ma Hajiani dargah for the sister.

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Pavilion

The players' enclosure at the MIG Cricket Club ground in Bandra east.

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Mural

Colourful mural at the Sassoon docks. Pre-lockdown days.

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Don't mess with me

She did smile later 😊

This was at Sassoon docks before the lockdown. From my archives.

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Conversations

Conversations at Sassoon docks.

From my archives.

Purple haze

The Bandra sky last evening.

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Purple haze, all in my brain
Lately things they don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
Excuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple haze, all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me

Purple haze all in my eyes

Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of…

Source: LyricFind

"Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second record single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. As a record chart hit in several countries and the opening number on the Experience's debut American album, it was many people's first exposure to Hendrix's psychedelic rock sound. Wikipedia

Hairy tree

Hairy roots growing on the Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) tree outside my window in Bandra east.

Awed

The crow is awed by the majesty of the black kite.

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Mumbai Monsoons

Veggies cart being set up in the rains. Essentials.

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Wall art

A beautiful mural in Bandra. From my archives.

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Lunar luminance

Full mon on a cloudy night in Bandra east. From my archives.

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Isolated

Family of  a Municipal worker living in the premises they maintain in Bandra east. Working from home.

Lacy sky

A lacy evening sky in Bandra east.

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