April Heat
Asalfa
Election 2014: Repoll
A polling booth in Asalfa was one of the two in Mumbai (the other was in Malwani, Charkop) that went for a repoll due to some error with the EVM. On top is a press photographer trying to get a double salute or two fingers with voting mark shot.
The bars in the lane where the school/booth stood was open.
There was only one desk to help. It was manned by older people and very few people were around to vote. However, the search for names continues here too.
The whole place was swarming with more cops than voters.
Chembur + Wadala + Byculla
Sandesh - Gujarati. on a high bench and swinging feet.
Newspaper Reading in Mumbai.
We don't just read a newspaper. What you read, where you read, how you read and what you do after reading the newspaper is fun to observe.
Saamna - Marathi. A political workers cools himself
Assignments Abroad - English. For someone who is planning to vote with his feet.
The reading room of the Jamaat-e-islami hind in Shivajinagar.
Saamna and Pudari - Marathi with a right wing poster in the background. Chembur.
Pudari - Marathi. For those who wait like this Auto Driver
Daily Commute. Bury your nose in a newspaper, not in someone's armpit.
Nariman Point
Playgrounds of Mumbai Series:
On Sundays at Nariman Pt. the empty parking lot and streets become a place for children to have some fun.
Kopar Khairane + Peddar Road
Statues of Mumbai Series
Happy Monks - Kopar Khairane Sec 11 / Khairane Gaon
Films Division - Peddar Road
Sion + Vashi
Surrogate Election Campaign.
Namo Saune Gamo is a Gujarati film that has a poster with the image of a Modi lookalike who is projected as the PM if the BJP or Bharatiya Modi Party that it now resembles which is not unlike the Congress (Indira) of the past. The movie released on 18th April, just in time for elections here in Mumbai. This is among many other films that have been released to grab attention in the guise of film posters and to advertise through cinema. For example, there are posters of a film on Yeshwantrao Chavan that was released recently.
The opinion polls suggest that Namo is all set to become the PM and he is doing it on the plank of development and his work as the CM of Gujarat. His supporters are very vocal in their support and often dominate the amplified chaos in social media and the television channels. His election campaign hoardings and ads dominate the skyline and newspaper. He also dominates the discussion everywhere and the need for change is probably best captured by his mainstream campaign here in Mumbai.
However, Modi has no option but to talk of development because once you start looking at the alternate messages from the party, it is frightening for many. Especially the minorities of all types. Let us wait and see how the silence of those who are not part of the Modi wave speak in the elections.
Vashi
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Curiosity.
The AAP might not get enough engagement to get votes and seats this time but they manage to get the attention from people with a curious expression on the faces with their caps, energy and mostly because the campaigners don't look like gundas like the older parties.
The AAP might not get enough engagement to get votes and seats this time but they manage to get the attention from people with a curious expression on the faces with their caps, energy and mostly because the campaigners don't look like gundas like the older parties.
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