Khot Wadi + Pydhonie

 

Road No 5, Naigaon

Naigaon Maternity Hospital and the homes in the lane 

Sassoon Dock - Flags of fishing boats

Mumbai Flags: Fishing Boat Flags

Indians (and Mumbaikars), we love our flags. It marks territory. It proclaims our identity. It sits on the top of a big long rod and it is a great way to compare the length of our egos. It waves at the people we like. It waves away the people we don't. Once upon a time we had caste marks on the forehead. Some even had tattoos to permanently mark identity. Head-dress, the fabric we wrap, the twists and turns of the turbans on the head, the list goes on. We now wear pants and our foreheads are naked but flags are doing a great job to keep the age-old habit going. So if you are in Mumbai, here are some of the many flags that you will encounter.


Mumbai Flags Decoded Here. 

Mukesh Mills, The Building in the Background. 

It's waiting to be snapped up by builders or permissions for it to be brought down. Great location when it comes to view. Not so great when you look at the projected sea level rise. 

Md Ali Road

Meem Bhai Flags of Mumbai. Colour codes

Md Ali road

Flags of Mumbai

Vashi Main Road

Shivaji Birthday Celebration. Second one of the year by the Hindutva party.

Mankhurd

Shetkari Putra Meet.
The sons of farmers. 

An ad for Ryot Kranti Sanghatan that seems to be targeting new immigrants to the city. 

BPT Colony Road

Meem Green Series (Muslim identity imagery from across Mumbai), 

Hemu Kalani Marg

Azad Maidan

Lathis at Bahujan Kranti Morcha. 
For crowd control.

Azad Maidan

Flags of Mumbai. 

The recently held Bahujan Kranti Morcha was a flag waving show. The theme of the pro-reservation protest was to bring together the various caste and religious groups seeking reservation on one platform. The device to bring them together were the flags with Dalit (Blue), OBC (Yellow), Maratha (Saffron) and Muslim (Green) colours. Shown above is the advertisement for the event that were on hoardings across the city.

Here are a few pictures of the flags before the event at Azad Maidan.