At the India NonFiction Festival - Crime and Politics, served up in a heady brew

- By Deepa Krishnan Today I went with my cousin Lavanya to the India Non Fiction Festival. I have been reading ' From Dongri to Dubai ...

David Sassoon - from Baghdad to Bombay

- By Deepa Krishnan If you walk into the Bhau Daji Lad Museum at Byculla, you'll see a beautiful marble bust of David Sassoon, Mumbai...

Bhelwalla at Horniman Circle

- By Deepa Krishnan Bhelpuri is a great leveller. I clicked this photo at Horniman Circle, at the heart of the financial district. This bhel...

A wedding (and cool biryani!) at Chamda Bazaar

-by Aishwarya Pramod Recently my mother and I attended a wedding reception at Chamda Bazaar (in Dharavi). The bride was the sister of Fahim,...

The Mystery Man of Bombay

- By Deepa Krishnan Nearly 350 years ago, the people of Bombay listened to a speech by a man they knew and respected. The speaker, Gerald Au...

Visiting Belapur's Palm Beach Road (and checking out the mangroves)

- By Deepa Krishnan A couple of weeks ago, I went with my sister Roopa to the inauguration of her friend's furniture showroom in Belapur...

"Cutting" tea at Lalbaug

This is one of my favourite photos from Lalbaug: it's a local tea shop where we stopped for chai. "Cutting chaha", tea served ...

Whew. A busy Saturday!

- By Deepa Krishnan I had a breathlessly busy Saturday. It began with a great lunch at Moshe' s in Cuffe Parade, followed by a short vis...

Mumbai street vendors: khatta tidbits

- By Aishwarya Pramod The school bell rings one last time signalling the end of classes, and food vendors outside school get ready for a rus...