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Travel Stories: Postcards from Mumbai

A handful of memories from the city of extremes…

A handful of memories from the city of extremes…

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A rain washed city at the peak of monsoons in 2009.

 

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A view of the surrounding chawls and distant skyscrapers in the neighbourhood of Lower Parel. Many chawls are now being brought down to make way for swanky buildings.

 

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The annual Kala Ghoda Festival in the art distric of Kala Ghoda invites many artists who make art a part of everyday life. 

 

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Mumbai is full of character and everytime you walk on its streets, you will stumble upon a moment peculiar to the city.

 

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A trip to the Chor Bazaar is nothing less than being lost on a treasure island.

 

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While you may be expecting to see a lot of old and vintage stuff at Chor Bazaar, I was surprised to the read a board outside a shop which said, “We recycle the past.” Thoughtful indeed. 

 

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Shops inside Chor Bazaar are stuffed with arefacts and vintage statues. 

 

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A grafitti around the neighbourhood of Mahalaxmi that has colourfully captured the flavour of the city. 

 

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Once I was walking through one of the labyrinths around the Grant Road area when I saw this rundown house with so many colourful saris hanging out of its windows and found it really interesting. 

 

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Deep within the forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Parl, locally known as Borivali National Park, lies a cluster of over 100 Buddhists caves dating back to the first century BC. 

 

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While I was walking through the cobbled streets of Colaba, I saw this man looking out of a window. He was locked inside a dilapidated house. 

 

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It was nothing like the over crowded and dirty, but extremely popular Juhu Chowpatty and Girgaun Chowpatty.

 

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Not a sight to be missed!

 

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The flower market outside Dadar station starts early in the morning around five and winds up by 8 am. 

 

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At Colaba Causeway, a famous shopping haunt, I saw this old man inside a hole-in-the-wall watch repair shop, deep in thought, looking into nothingness. 

 

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Just as you pass through the unassuming chawls, your eyes meet the swanky skyscrapers rising above them. 

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