Showing posts with label Vachanalay - Surviving Newspaper Reading Stands of Mumbai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vachanalay - Surviving Newspaper Reading Stands of Mumbai. Show all posts
Andheri W
The only language newspaper that I feel is missing is Punjabi. I can actually stock them but they arrive two days late
Jeevan (70), newspaper stall owner
Before the internet and the multiple city editions of popular newspapers from other cities came to Mumbai, the newspaper stands outside railway stations were a treat for information junkies. The best newspaper stands were in Churchgate station, the vendor outside where Perin Nariman Street meets the main road near CST or VT as it was called then, Magazine Galli, and other major stations. Even if it was a day late, we could get the newspapers from other cities, smell and hold the newspapers with paper, print and touch-feel of a place far away, usually the home people left behind.
Jeevan’s who is 70 now and inherited the stall from his father has a large stall outside Andheri station (west). It is one of the few newspaper stands that survive in the city that stock newspapers in several languages. Most are now local editions of newspapers in different languages but he also has a few sourced from elsewhere.
Chembur-Govandi Road
Farmers and traders from Nasik now drive all the way here in trucks and sell their produce in various spots across the city. Here is one of them who has a spot in front of a Vachanalaya. They can't gain access to the hawkers zone easily I guess.
Elphinstone Road + Ghatla Gaon
Maratha Shahi (Maratha caste pride imagery from across Mumbai):
Maratha Kranti Morcha: Motorcyle Rally. Nov 6th 2016
Maratha Kranti Morcha: Motorcyle Rally. Nov 6th 2016
Kunbi (agriculturist clan) Maratha.
And advertising for the Maratha Bike rally at a Shiv Sena sponsored Vachanalaya in Ghatla gaon.
A First Lady bike with a Maratha Kranti Mukh Morcha sticker in Gatla Gaon, Chembur.
Chembur West
Newspaper reading in Mumbai.
A newspaper delivery man towards the end of his daily route.
A naariyalpaaniwala reading a Malayalam newspaper.
Chembur
Election 2014: The Code of Conduct
Political messages on Newspaper Reading Stalls, Vada Pav Stalls and a Road Sign covered up.
Palm Beach + Ghatla Village
Vachanalay. Ghatla Village, Chembur
He is reading Mumbai Chaufer (four corners), Marathi Daily.
And some homes in Navi Mumbai was presented with free copies of this Marathi newspaper with the city's news. Mostly about the local NCP leader and the events he has been attending.
Chembur + Vashi Gaon
Newspaper Reading in Mumbai:
MNS Vachanalay where a boy reads a Hindi Newspaper called Hamara Mahanagar.
MNS Vachanalay where a boy reads a Hindi Newspaper called Hamara Mahanagar.
A Keralite Puncturewala reading the Malayala Manorama.
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