During the holy month of Ramadan, after sunset, the entire lane next to Minara Masjid, on Mohammad Ali road, Mumbai, becomes an open food court. The variety of food served is quite w..i..d..e.. One late evening last month, I landed there with 2 of my friends who are equally passionate about photography and food! Boy, what variety – Charcoal grilled, tawa fried delicacies to a variety of sweets.. firni, malpua, falooda etc...
Apart from adding up calories, we took a lot of pictures. The general atmosphere was full of warmth and sharing.
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Extremely Sweet of you Vimal!
Amazing shots! A lot of effort!
Not a single shot was shot in the dark!(Pun intended)
A big shot in the making!
The place certainly looks 'desserted'! Vim, I'm afraid just looking at these pics is enough to give anyone diabetes....:-} You guys have a great taste for photography...!
waada kiya thaa kisi aur ke saath,
chal diye kisi aur ke saath,
Rehe gaye hum haji ali ki samne,
akele aur tanha is shahar mein,
agar zamane mein bewafaai na hotee,
kasam se hum ishq hee na karte.
Vimal
A connoisseur that you are in photography, the feel is - it is being served on a platter !
Bottom row - 2nd and 3rd will be voted for !
ArunBhai, we had planned to go to Fort together and not MA Road...!!
SirJee bhool gaye??
pyaar mein kabhi kabhi aisa bhi hota hai, Choti si baat ka fasana ho jata hai.
Chalo kisi gali mein naheen kisi mahal mein saath honge!
Ever tried 'Mahesh Lunch-Home' at Fort for Mangalorean seafood? About 2 decades back, it was our favourite haunt. Wonder whether it still exists.
Vimal.
Food apart, your photography and concepts/subjects are impressive.
Great absolutely great to see our school badge!!!! I know it is always easy to give a suggestion but difficult to implement it. thanks vimal. i always wore my badge proudly. the number of times i lost it. the number of times i found it. the number of times i had it but could not find the safety pin in time.... was there any other school that had badges in our times? i remember getting a circular badge of Benzie club (God i hope i got this one right)which one got by participating in the Statesman pull out that was meant especially for kids and was known as Junior Statesman. the great Desmond Doig was then the editor of Statesman.
i hope the badge retains this premier position.
Arun, that was 'Benji Club'!! Gawd, I'd forgotten all about it!! I too was a member of Benji Club, won a couple of prizes and was also the proud owner of their circular badge! I remember being so excited on reading my name in the newspaper for the first time when they announced the club members' names. Those were the glorious days of the 70s ... I loved the JS and the pull out posters and all the comics in them, plus news of the latest English pop singers and Hollywood stars. It was our window to the outside 'hep' world in the absence of TVs and info explosion. Wasn't Jug Suraiya the editor?
Remember the little 'love is...' cartoons? My friend Shaswati( she is an officer in SAIL now) and I used to sketch them into book marks!
Arun, your one word about the Club badge awoke in me so many memories of my teenage years which had been swept into the far recesses of my mind due to the ravages of time and daily stress.
I feel rejuvenated n refreshed.
Thanks pal.God bless you.
I am 100% sure of Desmond Doig he and Ruskin Bond are my all time favourites after Enid Blyton.
Desmond left Statesman and settled in Nepal where he dedicated himself to painting.
Ruskin Bond whose classic the "Room on the Roof" was set in Deheradun settled in Mussorie and writes on nature.
Jug Suraiya was in the TOI and apart from writing books was famous for his column the "Jugular Vein." Humour,satire, travelogues were his forte.
Glad to know that you were in Benji club and could stir up your childhood memories. That's why I was after Vimal to display our school badge more prominently
Thanx for your suggestion Arun. I had never thought about it.
This blog is a beautiful place to hang around coz of folks like you and their great suggestions! Thanx a ton!
Hi Tas......
Yeah, MR.Mahesh still serves that FANTASTIC Lunch in his home. In fact that was one of the joints Shanker and me used to very often haunt......deffffinitely not as ghosts ;-}
Hi Tas......
Yeah, MR.Mahesh still serves that FANTASTIC Lunch in his home. In fact that was one of the joints Shanker and me used to very often haunt......deffffinitely not as ghosts ;-}
Vim.....
Was wonderful to see the badge pop up. Surely brings back nostalgic memories. I remember I always used to lose it :-{
Nargis: Thank AB. That was his idea!
AB - Better mention Arun Bhatt?
I know Nargis she would have already called Amitabh Bachchan and thanked him for his Idea!
Big B is turning 66 on the 11th - 1942 A Love Story???
AnnaGaru - Naresh: Bottom row second photograph from left is known as सानदल. This is a rice based sweet cake and available in many varients - Cream; Dry-fruit etc. In fact i collected a visiting card of this stall and it says - Free Home Delivery: 24 hours, all 12 months! Wow, what service!!
Vim....had Faiyaz not clarified, I was seriously thinking of posting a thank you note in AB Baby's Blog saying how nice it was of him to have reminded Vimal to introduce a badge instead of a stamp for his postcard! Aisa confuse mat karo yaar....:-{
Thanx folks, for all the good things that you have mentioned about the photographs. Thanx for the encouragement! It was my Dad who got me into this. Photography was his hobby. Apart from family members, he would take offbeat pictures of a variety of subjects. He allowed me to use his camera even while i was probably in 6th or 7th std. At one point of time he told me... "you are good but not till i get to see your photographs in a publication". Now that was a tall order! I continued to photograph off beat subjects with a story line.. Years later, when i was posted in Delhi, i covered the famous railway museum in Delhi and walked in with the slides to the editorial department of HT. A gentleman out there appreciated the images and a story followed in their publication called Saptahik Hindustan. My cousin helped me with the Hindi write-up. I showed the publication to my Dad who was very happy and that made my day. Photography is still a passion... Infact, while i specialized in printing technology after my graduation, the companies where i have worked incl the current one have a photography division and it so happened that i eventually ended up doing more of marketing for photography related (actually anything related to images. Not just the process of taking a photograph)products in those companies. And the result is - i love what i am doing so i don't feel i am working at all. Thankyou Bapuji (thatz my Dad) thanx for introducing me to the world of photography. Wish you were still around to see my images on this blog...
I lost my Dad in '94. He was a heart patient. At that time i was posted in Bangalore where he underwent surgery but could not move out of the ICU and eventually passed away... miss him...
Your parents were great to have inculcated in their son such good values.
Rail museum is a very interesting place. During my Delhi posting, I used to take my kids there. The saloon's of the different Maharajahs are specially awe inspiring. Definitely a must see. While at Udaipur, as Rly probationers, we had the opportunity to board the Palace on Wheels, it was a wonderful experience.
How very true Tas, Full credit goes to Vimals Parents!!
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