Momentary rest

An autorickshaw driver taking a breather at the traffic signals before rushing into the mayhem.

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Stay connected

The phone has become an integral part of living today.

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Nuclear Goddess

Rithika Pandey's mural at Mumbai Urban Art Festival depicts a post-apocalyptic world that experiences a terrible flood, leading to the emergence of a "nuclear goddess".

She is a visual artist from Mumbai. Her artworks investigate the mystical spaces that exist within human entanglements, and issues of displacement, femininity, and hybridity. She paints imagined worlds that act as sacred spaces and highlight companionship and recovery.

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Silhouetted

 

A sunbird silhouette in my balcony.

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Lizard

An Oriental garden Lizard on the banyan tree searching for his meal.

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Flying high

 

The Bandra sky last evening.

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Indian pub

Angrezi Dhaba (English street cafe) in Bandra. All commercial establishments have to necessarily display the shop names in the regional language too. The tiny shop outside is a tobacconist. 

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Transport

The Mumbai Metro on the far side runs along the roadway with cars and autorickshaws.

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Traffic police

A traffic policeman in Andheri wondering where all the traffic has disappeared!

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Icons

A couple of Mumbai icons, the Gateway of India and a flamingo, on a wall in Bandra, Mumbai.

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Crescent

 A sliver of the moon.

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Purple rumped sunbird

A purple rumped sunbird dropped by for a visit in my balcony.

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Soaring

Birds soaring into a cloudy monsoon sky.

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Bus stop

Sign of 'Bus stop ahead' 

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Rebirth

 

Rebirth of leaves of the canon ball tree in Bandra.

In India, the tree is sacred to Hindus, who believe its hooded flowers look like the nāga under which the white stigma looks like a Lingam, and hence, it is grown at Shiva temples. The cannonball tree has since then been planted at Buddhist and Hindu religious sites in Asia in the belief that it is the tree of sacred scriptures. In Sri Lanka, Thailand and other Theravada Buddhist countries it has been planted at Buddhist monasteries and other religious sites. Ref Wikipedia

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Lull

A lull in the rains that will ease the morning commute to work.

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Drive by

A pretty mural in the underpass by the sea in Bandra reclamation.

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Survival

Wonder how long will the tree survive the onslaught of man.

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The rains are coming!

Traditionally, the male Asian koel is supposed to announce the arrival of the monsoon. He did his job well this year too!

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Winging it

The dramatic sky in Bandra last evening.

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Wait for side

Wait for side OK is the most common sign behind trucks and cargo vans in India. They are basically requesting the vehicle following it to have patience and not to honk or try to push your way through till you are given the Ok to overtake. This OK is when he moves aside to let you go 😇

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Walk in the rain

Some feel the rain. Others just get wet. - Bob Marley. 

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