Twenty- five Seven

Wednesday evening sunset at Marine Drive

March 19, 2015

I normally don’t get a chance to walk on Marine Drive in the middle of the week but this week I was lucky and when the opportunity presented itself, I grabbed it with both hands.

When you see the pictures below you can see why. There was a cool breeze blowing even though the sun was still visible. There were hardly any people on the pavement and I enjoyed the brisk walk at the end of the day in the middle of the week.

The gorgeous colours of the sky before sunset

These new LED lamps have been in the news lately: apparently they don’t
illuminate much and their white light detracts from the heritage value of this iconic promenade

Birds going home like the people on the road below

Isn’t this a sunset to die for?

Happy weekend and for more skies from around the world go visit Skywatch Friday here

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And not there was a stirring……..in the middle of the afternoon

March 19, 2015

Monday is the day when everybody gets back to work so it is pretty rushed and crowded on the streets. Towards the end of the week the streets are even more crowded because everyone wants to make sure that their jobs to be done are done before the week is over. So I was pretty surprised to see the roads in Mumbai actually look deserted.

Can you believe this is Peddar Road at noon?

And the impossibly crowded Nana Chowk is
looking positively abandoned

And this is the Peddar Road flyover!

Well is the sky falling?

No, it is the quarter final of the Cricket World Cup match currently being played in Australia/New Zealand that is causing these deserted streets. And in case you didn’t know India is playing!

Good luck to the team.

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Walking down Marine Drive on Sunday evening

March 16, 2015

Marine Drive is my favourite part of Mumbai especially at daybreak and at sunset. I’ve just returned from a 6.6 km walk down this sea face famous for its twenty foot wide pavement and Art Deco lined buildings. At the far end of the road is the posh Oberoi Hotel and the Tata Tower sharing a wall between that bastion of culture the National Centre of Performing Arts where the glitterati can be seen mingling with their bling in equal proportion to the cognoscenti who clap at the right pauses at a Western music concert.

Cinderella’s carriage awaits at sunset

The illuminated Trident and Oberoi Hotels

The newly renovated Taraporevala Aquarium

The majestic Saifee Hospital on Charni Road as seen from Marine Drive

I love walking down this promenade especially on a Sunday evening when the whole world seems out, shooting the breeze.

It is one place where everyone and everything seems appropriate – the hawkers ,the lovers, the strollers, the walkers, the stalkers, the druggies ,the groupies ,the pie dogs ,the pedigrees, the vagrants , the families ,the loners, stock brokers and businessmen, bankers and housewives in chappals and sandals, high end sneakers, in saris, in burqas, in Ts and Bermudas.

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