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New book about Mumbai by Meher Mirza.

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Art of arranging books - Balancing the narrative in a book shop - Kitab Khana. 

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Flora Fountain / Hutatma Chowk

 

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When the sun comes out during the monsoon!

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Hutatma Chowk/Flora Fountain

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Statues of Mumbai 

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Flora Fountain

Shoes. 

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The art of arranging books at Footpath bookshops is built on experience of understanding the reading habits of the people. Out of it is born little things. Like how Anne Frank is places next to Hitler's autobiography or other books about the Nazi era. 

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Flora Fountain

BJP MLA distributes GST explainer to shops and vendors in Fort.

Flora Fountain

Playgrounds of Mumbai: When mother has to work. 

Flora Fountain

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Street Cricket Mumbai Style: Team India.

It was only when I had spent a few moments clicking and fielding for them that I realised that none of us knew each other before.

The batsman was a young man from Trivandrum. He was here for an interview with ONGC. He's on his way to become a firefighter on an offshore oil rig. Like most Keralites in the city, his first introduction to the city is in one of the cramped, shared lodges near CST/VT.

One of the fielders (last picture) was a student and lives in the area and also does odd jobs. His education is sponsored by an NGO from Bangalore that provides education to needy chidren. He associated my town, Bangalore with that NGO.

The bowler shown here and the fielders were boys from the Konkan, UP and Bihar. They work in the local roadside shops and the lazy Sunday morning provided them a short break before they start working again.

And like I said, I'm from Bangalore, looking for a few pictures to click before I headed back home in a few hours.

 

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