JSS Road

 

Yunus Lasania of The Hyderabad Project was in Mumbai to talk about Deccani/Dekkani language at the Asiatic Society this weekend. 

Waroda Road

 

Sweat Soaking Kerchief 

Dadar Parsi Colony

Gangadharan Menon

MG Road

No forwarding address

Cotton Green

Gyan Prakash. Subaltern historian, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University and story teller. Author of Mumbai Fables.

‘Our cowardice is troubling’
With a comprehensive people’s history of Mumbai, Gyan Prakash tells Gaurav Jain what makes the city malleable and what is bending it out of shape in this week's Tehelka.

Click here to read.

Vashi

A potter in the city.



In a village theme restaurant.

Work Space Mumbai Series

Nehru Road, Vile Parle (E)

My colleague. The Calendar Man. He's like the numbers on a calendar. He wears red, every Sunday.

Andheri West

'You can't live in Reality Television, you have to live in reality', says Abhishek Kumar, seen here with his new car outside his rented apartment in Andheri West.

This boy from Dhanbad took a break from his demanding Engineering course to try his luck in Indian Idol. He came eighth in that season but it also brought him instant fame, a contract with a music company to be part of a boy band that released an album that flopped and a string of live shows that continue to pay off to this day.

However, after wearing out his shoes, making the rounds of Bollywood music directors with a CD of his songs, he went back to complete his engineering course and is now working for a leading software company. But music shows (along with his competitor-turned-friends from Indian Idol) continue to pay for the frills in his life.

For a more in depth article on the reality show, check out Tehelka Magazine's latest issue. Gaurav Jain travels across India to dig deep into the life of youngsters like Abhishek Kumar.

Online version of the story here. For the full story, pick up a copy from your nearest newsstand.

Juhu Bus Station + Andheri (W)

Rahul Ingle (pillion) from Laughter Challenge 3. With him is Raghuveer Yadav's look alike.

Abhishek Kumar and Deepali Kishore from Indian Idol. "2 lakh is the number of people across India who audition for a season of Indian Idol. 5,000 turn up for a dance show on a Malayalam channel." Thousands of youngsters across India leave home each year in search of fame through reality shows. In this week's cover story, Gaurav Jain from Tehelka digs deep to find out what happens to them after you switch off? Online version of the story here. For the full story, pick up a copy from your nearest newsstand. Two photographs I clicked, appear as part of the story.

Horniman Circle

Lazy Sunday Morning

Pydhonie

There are a number of bands that operate out of Pydhonie, in South Mumbai. Some of them have been performing at weddings and functions from as far back as 1840! Each of these bands have their speciality and perform for specific communities like Muslim, Punjabi, and Gujarati. These bands play more than just music. They rent out horse drawn carriages, decorations and in the case shown above, mythological style clothes for Gujarati families celebrating a family event with a procession from their home to the hall where the event is being held.

Bandra

 It's interesting how the old and the new co-exist in this inverted anthill shaped city called Mumbai. The latest and the oldest methods of making a living continue to have their own space here.

Bandra

A familiar name in Mumbai local train resurfaces on Platform 1.

Gateway of India

Photos in a Mumbai Minute.
The photographers of Gateway of India. At work, come rain or shine with cameras in their hands, umbrellas strung to their belts and printers in their bags.

Fountain Car Park

Cricket. Mumbai Style.

And that's part of the Maharashtra High Court, PWD Building and CTO in the background.

Dr E Moses Road

Milan Subway, Santa Cruz (W)

Happy boy and his not so happy feet.

Even if you have to live like this boy's feet in these shoes for a long time, if you have a dream, however wild it may seem, it's said that city of Mumbai has the power to bring it alive. And Amit, who say, "My home address is Red House, near Green Park, where cricket is played in Kanpur, and now in Bambai", sees no hope in Mulayam's Cycle or Mayawati's Elephant. He's in Mumbai to become a pilot even if he has to slum it out doing odd jobs. Over the next two years, he plans to make 2 Lakh Rupees to fund his flying lessons. Go Captain go!

N M Joshi Marg

Acharya Donde Marg

Social Networking for the older generation.

Social Networking for the younger generation .