Rahul Writes

(Photography) (Mumbai)

Last Sunday my camera and I went on a walk around Mumbai.

Saw these cute little angels sitting quietly on a gate of a public park in Fort area.

In my hometown, there are many Gulmohar trees. Every year they paint our world red. Just observed that even Mumbai has these beautiful trees! Never noticed them before, for years! Happens in city life :)

This tree looked curious! Is it on a slimming course or it had a fight with a woodcutter and lost some flesh here and there? Anyways, nature is nice and interesting…  

In Fort area, there are lots of heritage buildings. Just observed this tiny face in a sculpture on the walls of one building. Loved the ex-pression on his face - there is something in it which attracts us. Hope they maintain these buildings well.

The building belongs to department of Posts. There are pigeons in the sky. In the middle of the road there is a banner with picture of Balasaheb Thackeray. And then there are boys playing street-cricket on a Sunday. Complete picture of a vibrant life you will not get anywhere else :)

I wanted to see this building since long - made it now. State Central Library - or The Asiatic Society building. White and Grand.

This bull was sitting quiet and alone. Seems he is bored a bit, and the day is dull. Do you think he is one of those abandoned bulls which wander on the streets? See his nose, there is a rope and he is tied - indicating there is someone who takes care of him. Still, the poor animal has to find his own food on the streets. Long way to go towards animal rights… 

These are Mahakali Caves in Andheri East. These used to house Buddhist Monks, some 2000 years ago. But these are in very poor state now, with almost everything inside gone. I couldn’t find even a single sculpture inside. I have created this album on the Mahakali Caves:

http://picasaweb.google.com/rahulbemba/MahakaliCaves?feat=directlink

Mahakali Caves

Note: If you are on rediff iland and want to paste multiple pictures in a single post, then there are many ways to do that. I upload all my snaps in an album on www.picasaweb.com (registering through my google/gmail ID) and then along with each loaded picture I get one “embed link”. I use this link to paste it in the window option of “Embed widget code from various sites” which comes at the right most option in an “Add a post” window of iland. When I paste the embed link in this window and click on “Submit”, the picture appears in the “Add a post” window. We can post as many pictures as we want in this manner.

 

(Rahul)