Sion Koliwada

Meet an Aam Artist - Laxman Jogdand from Sion Koliada's automotive accessroties hub :) He makes these taste makers!

This is a hub where a lot of imagery is created.

Sion Koliwada

Truck Terminal Road - Sion Koliwada

These images were shot from the Monorail while passing through Sion Koliwada. To know more about the route, you can see these images and story from Rachel Lopez, the Mumbai chronicler who works for Hindustan Times. Mumbaiwale on monorail. 

L.T.M.G Hospital Quarters, Sion

An Aanganwadi in Sion quarters for govt hospital employees.

Sion Koliwada

Sion Koliwada

Sion + Sion Koliwada

Honestly named Mumbai Co-op Housing Societies. 

Sion-Panvel Highway

Qataristan (Land of queues)

Road No 29

Sion-Panvel Highway

Sion Koliwada + Chunabhatti

Playgrounds of Mumbai.

See full series here

Sion Koliwada

On Assignment: And justice for all. Extra Shots
Mhapkar's lawyer Shakil's story. 

Shakil is a lawyer and publishes a weekly newspaper called Janata Ka Aina. He runs an NGO that educates children in the Antop Hill slums,, among other things.

"All around the Janata ka Aaina office, the community is changing. The drills and cranes reconstructing the lane leading up to it send up clouds of dust through the day. The sprawl of one-room tenements that edges up to the building are in various states of demolition. Ahmed cautions us when we invite him outdoors for a photograph; the builders working on the project will probably want to know all about the story. A group of young men from the tenements, clad in tight jeans, sporting red tilaks, are interested in him. “Who is he? You’re writing about him because he reads this newspaper? What do you mean, he publishes it?”"


In last weekend's Mint Lounge, Supriya Nair listens to two people who look back at the 20 years after the worst riots Mumbai has seen.


Read the full  Live Mint  story 'And justice for all' here. 

One of the boys who asked us what we were doing. He was ready to pose for a shot. Sweey chap, he's what you would call a aam mumbaiya ghetto boy.
 

This building is a hutment rehabilitation building. Unlike regular societies, they do not have a security at the gate to see who comes in. That is probably why one of the homes here had a video camera at the door / doorbell.

GTB Nagar

New MHADA Colony, Anik-Sion Rd.

Work Space Mumbai. Newspaper vendor.

Dr Ambedkar Road, Sion Koliwada

फुगा for the birthday boy.