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A tribute to George Wittet
In the 1900s, a Scottish young man arrived on the shores of Mumbai. Mumbai (then Bombay) was only an adolescent city- mostly covered in coconut debris, far from what it is today. There were no arrays of skyscrapers, nor the splendour of the magnificent Gateway of India to welcome him. Instead, he was received at […]
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Gateway of heaven called India
Imagine sailing through miles and miles of a turbulent Arabian sea, all the way from Great Britain to the shores of a new land. And as the shore of this new land edges closer, you see a splendid structure welcoming you. A contrasting yellow basalt stone against the blue sky and sea visible from far […]
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The Forgotten Sound of Music at Bandstand
My home is on the thirteenth floor tucked away, in the heartland of British architectural legacies left behind in South Mumbai. When I wake up in the morning, I often look outside the window to behold a variety of vistas spread before me. Right from big and small ships docked in the sea to the […]
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Ming Palace
I must confess that I don’t remember the first time I went to Ming Palace. I only know that it’s become my favourite haunt ever since. From the first off, Ming Palace is not the kind of Chinese restaurant that would attract the Chinese puritans. On the other hand it’s what I call Indian Chinese. […]