Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Pretty house


A pretty house in Khotachiwadi in Girgaon.

Khotachiwadi is a heritage village in Girgaon, Mumbai, India. Houses generally conform to the old-Portuguese style architecture. It was founded in the late 18th century by Khot, a Pathare prabhu, who sold plots of land to local East Indian families. Wikipedia

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Our world


A miniature replica of the Gateway of India, which is as old as the original, built by Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harischandra Desai who was also the superintendent manager in charge of constructing the Gateway of India in 1911. This replica is built with the same sandstone that was used to build the original. This is now fenced in, in Gamdevi. For more details on this please click here

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Monochrome mania


The tree in Gamdevi has the grinding stone firmly in its grasp.

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Male sunbird


A male sunbird outside my bedroom window announcing the arrival of the sun.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Friday, May 20, 2016

Skywatch


The Mumbai sky last morning.

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