Mindless Mumbai

of freeways, highrises and mangroves

2013-05-15T09:44:00.003+05:30

From the Mumbaiscapes series. This one is taken at Sanpada in Navi Mumbai, and the wide road cutting across the image is the Palm Beach Road. To its left are the high rises of Navi Mumbai's "Marine Drive", as the locals like to call it. To the right are the large swathes of mangroves that buffer the land from the sea. The road ensures that residents never interact with the mangroves, and have to be content with their views from their apartments instead.

morning read

2012-02-12T13:08:00.000+05:30

Local priest at Banganga. After his morning rituals, he settled on his porch with the day's newspaper.

by the beach

2011-07-25T09:41:00.000+05:30

Father and daughter on Juhu Beach.

morning watch

2011-04-20T07:46:00.002+05:30

a constable from the mumbai traffic police overlooking bandobast (arrangements) for an event in south mumbai.

the boss' desk

2011-04-17T23:59:00.001+05:30

an afternoon at work.

a flight of steps

2011-04-10T23:38:00.000+05:30

somewhere in south mumbai.

inside a rick

2011-04-06T10:12:00.000+05:30

the wide angle view within a typical mumbai auto rickshaw. for more photographs of transport in mumbai, click here.

time to hollaback!

2011-03-27T14:44:00.000+05:30

in the photo above: a group of koli fisherwomen from the versova village smile enthusiastically at the annual koli sea food festival in versova.

the "ihollaback!" movement's mumbai chapter launches its presence on social media this week. from their website: "Hollaback is a global movement dedicated to ending street harassment. Hollaback!Mumbai is primarily a space for women to share their stories and other creative expressions about their experiences being harassed. In doing so, we are creating a safe, crowd-sourced initiative to end street harassment"

MindlessMumbai is pleased to be associated with the hollaback movement, by providing photographic material to illustrate their cause. do stop by the mumbai hollaback! website and connect with them on facebook here.

window to the city

2011-03-23T11:22:00.000+05:30

looking over south central mumbai from one of its high-rises. in the left foreground is the s-bridge that crosses the central railway line. its soon going to be demolished, to be replaced by one of the soulless structures that make up most of the infrastructure built in mumbai today. the green patch to its left is the mumbai zoo and the little building jutting out of the tree cover is the beautiful bhau daji lad museum.

for more mumbai_scapes, click on the "landscape" label.

what do i see?

2011-03-07T22:40:00.001+05:30

hello hello. mindless mumbai has been laying low for a while. i've been in a not very happy phase when it comes to my collection of photos of mumbai. hoping to change that in the coming weeks.

i've realised that sometimes its easier to capture a space when one is a short term visitor as opposed to being a permanent resident. when one is the latter, one needs to question one's ways of seeing even more often.

in the photo: one of the installations at the 2011 kala ghoda art festival.

cheering time

2011-02-09T23:01:00.001+05:30

cheer leaders keeping the spirits high at dawn at the 2011 mumbai marathon. and a couple of things that are keeping me cheerful:

update1: browse through some of my published photographic works, here.

update2: mindless mumbai and kb.photography photos are now being published by CondensCity as thought-cards. check out a rather inspiring one here.

and finally, to use any of my photographic words or to discuss an assignment or to just say a hello, do drop in a line at kunal.n.bhatia[at][gmail][dot][com]. i promise to reply to all (the supposedly dozens of emails) :-)

my dog thinks i am

2011-02-05T08:53:00.000+05:30

i spotted this sign outside the rehab centre at the mount mary church, and it made me smile: "lord, help me be the person my dog thinks i am"

by the bay

2011-01-27T10:30:00.001+05:30

down by the back-bay.

surging ahead

2011-01-24T09:34:00.000+05:30

a participant at the 2011 mumbai marathon surging ahead, with school children cheering him on.

bussed up

2011-01-13T09:40:00.000+05:30

somewhere in midc, andheri-e.

the king of his chariot

2011-01-12T10:52:00.000+05:30

a rather happy couple on a victoria-carriage on marine drive.

at mary's footsteps

2011-01-09T13:38:00.000+05:30

joyful beginnings

2011-01-01T22:44:00.000+05:30

here's wishing everyone a wonderful start to 2011 :)

architecture - built and imagined

2010-12-28T23:41:00.001+05:30

a proposal for redevelopment of oshiwara's antique furniture market in front of versova's residential towers.
(proposal by maitri shah)

apartments by the bay

2010-12-22T08:50:00.000+05:30

nariman point's tetrapods, the back bay and apartments at cuffe parade.
part of a new series: mumbai_scapes.

pretty pretty ladies

2010-12-19T23:23:00.000+05:30

pretty pretty ladies standing by the street

where do you feel like going today?

2010-11-30T08:35:00.000+05:30

cosmetologists, pulmonologist, surgeons, skin specialists, sex therapist and marriage counsellor - all under one roof.

school friends

2010-11-28T23:41:00.000+05:30

met up with ashim and vipul today, two old buddies from school. it's always nice to catch up with what's happening with each other.

the 26/11 mayhem

2010-11-26T21:36:00.000+05:30

two years have passed since the mayhem of 26-11-2008. some wounds may have healed, but a lot still needs to be done. photo shot at a protest march at the gateway of india, in dec 2008.

table for two

2010-11-25T23:00:00.001+05:30

a table for two, at the VT / CST mac donalds.