Photos from Bombay, Mumbai INDIA: 2005-02-13

The roads sign announces seven lanes at Fountain.

When it rains, the city is river of dreams, of red signals and neon lights glittering on the wet ground of Colaba.

BPL Cellphone sales boy at Flora Fountain, opp Citibank, near Middle School.

Barbers (Hajjams) at a Haircutting salon at Metro

No Entry says the sign leading to Bombay Hospital,
Bombay Hospital Avenue. Marine Lines. 400020.

"A patient is the most important person in our hospital.
He is not an interruption to our work, he is the purpose of it.
He is not an outsider in our hospital. he is a part of it.
We are not doing him a favour by serving him,
He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to do so."

- Mahatama Gandhi and Motto of Bombay Hospital.

The secret puddle once known as Dhobi Talao?

Holy thread hanging from Banyan tree near, Parsi Fire Temple, Zarthosti Anjumanna Atash Behram, JSS Road, Dhobi Talao.

Drying clothes by the WR Railway line at Metro (there is no subway here, just a theatre called Metro), also called Dhobi Talao (meaning lake of washers, though there is no lake, not even a puddle at Metro).

School boy waits with his mother at BEST stop. High marks and low interest says the ad to the boy, while a man pushes his mobike. BEST Bus TT (ticket checker) waiting to catch ticketless travellers at 86,122 Bus stop at Charni Road.