Polly

Yes, am Polly. Have you brought a cracker for me? Polly wants a cracker.

A rose ringed parakeet in Bandra east.

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Skywatch

Mumbai expecting a storm this weekend. The sky not showing any signs yet.

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Mumbai is upgrading

 Sign in the Bandra Kurla Complex on the barrier put up on the road that is dug up.

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The Hapoos Mango

 It's the mango season and the Hapoos mango is here! Hapoos is the Indianised name of the delicious Alphonso mango. 

The 'Alphonso' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in India. The variety is named after Afonso de Albuquerque, a Portuguese general and military expert who helped establish Portuguese colonies in India. The Portuguese introduced grafting on mango trees to produce varieties like Alphonso. The Alphonso is also one of the most expensive varieties of mango, and is grown mainly in western India. Wikipedia

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Spot the sun

The sun peeking from behind a skyscraper in Bandra.

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Messi

A tribute to the legendary Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, in Bandra.

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Windows

Bare windows of Sion Fort.

The Sion Hillock Fort was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay. When it was built, the fort marked the boundary between British-held Parel island and the Portuguese held Salsette Island that lay to the north across the creek.

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