Mumbai Lens – Page 5 – My Favourite Things

Mumbai Lens: Bougainvillea and love poetry

Posted on July 11, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

One may have seen love between two people, experienced love, given love, received it in turn, etc.. But have you heard love? Sorry for the rather corny question, but this is what I experienced when I visited the Phirozeshah Mehta Gardens, a.k.a. known as the Hanging Gardens of Mumbai. I arrived there a little after 2 one afternoon to find the gardens blessedly quiet and fairly empty except for some people sleeping off their lunch or reading something. As I was walking along one of the pathways, I heard someone reciting Marathi poetry. Marathi love poetry to be precise.

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Mumbai Lens: Framed at the Pavement Art Gallery

Posted on June 25, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

Whenever I am in the Kala Ghoda area of South Mumbai, I always make it a point to visit the Pavement Art Gallery, also known as the Art Plaza. Located outside the Jehangir Art Gallery, this Pavement Art Gallery offers exhibition space for artists to display and sell their works. Not all the stuff is good, but there is always something for everyone. Over the years, I have picked up pen and ink drawings of birds, charcoal sketches of Mumbai’s iconic buildings, as well as some miniature landscape watercolours from here.

So here I was at the Pavement Art Gallery on a January afternoon. It was a pleasant weather day, with a cool breeze blowing. As I was browsing at the paintings, I saw a couple doing the same.

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Mumbai Lens: Two buildings or one?

Posted on May 28, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

It was a warm Saturday afternoon in February, and I was spending the day wandering about in the Churchgate-Fort-Kala Ghoda area in south Mumbai and photographing anything that caught my fancy. After a nice lunch at the Tea Centre in Churchgate, I decided to cross the Oval Maidan from the Churchgate side to the University of Mumbai side.

As I walked along Oval Maidan, the iconic Rajabhai Tower and Bombay Stock Exchange Building stood tall with their contrasting architectural styles. Once I entered the Oval Maidan it was the cricket matches being played that caught my attention. It was only after a while that I looked up and saw this.

Rajabhai Tower and BSE Building — The Rajabhai Tower (left) and the Bombay Stock Exchange Building (right) appear to be fused together from this perspective!

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Mumbai Lens: Tiger, tiger !

Posted on May 2, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

Last Sunday, I saw a tiger near Chembur station, glaring balefully at the passers-by. Don’t believe me? See for yourself !

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Mumbai Lens: The Blue Retro Bus

Posted on April 9, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

Mumbai’s BEST buses are known for their trademark red coloured buses, But only when they are not covered with advertisements, or have their AC buses painted a hideous purple. But one day, about two months back, I saw a new colour on the BEST bus. A lovely new, fresh, colour.

The blue BEST bus — 29 January 2011: An open deck, double-decker, BEST tourist bus outside Jehangir Art Gallery

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Mumbai Lens: Summer’s here !

Posted on March 14, 2011March 31, 2014 by sudhagee

Summer’s here, folks. And how do I know it? Apart from the weather, that is. The ice gola man has started doing his rounds. I saw him the day before yesterday at Vashi with his wares. His colourful cart was like a magnet and I saw many people taking pictures with their mobile phone cameras.

I can’t have ice golas as I am allergic to artificial food colouring 😦 But hey, my eyes and other senses are not allergic to artificial food colouring and that’s how I am able to share it with you.

Happy summer and yes, Happy Holi too !

Mumbai Lens is a photographic series which, as the name suggests, is Mumbai-centric and is an attempt to capture the various moods of the city through my camera lens. You can read more posts from this series here.