shy

this boy was so shy to be photographed, but finally gave in once he saw all his friends having such a blast posing in front of the camera! [mahalaxmi]

hello!

a resident of dhobi ghat, mahalxmi.

clothes' line

santa cruz [west]

break

traffic signal beggars [originally from rajasthan] taking a chai break outside dhobhi ghat in mahalaxmi.

merry-go-round

bandra bandstand

happy republic day!!!

taken during the 'peace' rally on 4th december, the gateway of india, mumbai.

"my dolly"

lower parel

recycle

strays.

mongrels: my favourite dog breed in the whole wide world! [lower parel station, platform no. 1]

me! me! me!

entusiastic 'models' outside dhobi ghat. this is what i really love about india. i try to shoot a drab shutter and someone always jumps in the frame to make it so much more interesting!

peeking

lower parel, outside the station.

dhobi ghat

Mumbai's very own laundry which starts functioning well before sunrise, with the sight of clothes lined in organized rows, the smell of murky washing soap and the sound of the clothes being violently 'thumped' against the flogging stone.

daily delivery

newspaper delivery boys sharing a brief conversation at a traffic signal on s.v.road.

a head and a tail

pali market, bandra

tailor

santa cruz [west]

obedient

santa cruz, west.

caged!

m. p. shah english high school, vile parle.

happy makar sankranti!

"Makar Sankranti is the day when the glorious Sun-God begins its ascendancy and entry into the Northern Hemisphere and thus it signifies an event wherein the Sun-God seems to remind their children that 'Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya', may you go higher & higher, to more & more Light and never to Darkness."
- Festivals of India

i liked!

i strongly recommend the rose milk... :)
andheri station, west entrance.

dump

this talav is actually so beautiful, located right in the center of a settlement with multiple steps to approach its banks. but this very same settlement uses it as a dump. it's sad, really.
charkop talav, kandivali.

three musketeers [and a cardboard box]

pali market, bandra.

cat food

pali market, bandra.

laundry

lower parel.

malaika aroara [with laptop]

somewhere in lower parel.

the constant customer

vegetable market, lower parel station.

the quintessential bean bags

farooq ansari [26407383] one of the highest sellers of bean bags in Mumbai because of this temporary yet omnipresent advertising technique!

signal

a beggar with her son [and the milk bottle] approached my rickshaw at a traffic signal.
somewhere in andheri.

drink

during the month of muharram, streets are filled with individually decorated stands of drinking water for all who are fasting, hill road, bandra.

passerby

a beggar woman, andheri.

two lives

a child vendor studying during his 'spare' time.
s.v. road, vile parle.

junk [?]

a raddiwala on s.v. road, vile parle.