One of the seven islands of Mumbai, the old town hasalways fascinated me for its sheer European style architecture. Surprisingly itwas also known as Candil or Colio till late 17th-18thcentury.
Not anymore, but it used to have horse-drawn-tram-carsintroduced in 1873. How exciting!!!
It’s so much entertaining to visit this part of Mumbai onany day, but I like it better on Sundays as its less packed and dirt free.
The Gateway OfIndia, the art deco style Regal theatre (I make it a point to watch a Bollywoodfilm in dress circle), the cafes (Mondegar, Royal and Leopold, Olympia (do notmiss caramel custard at this Irani café), and then of course TheTaj Mahal Hotel, all add to the charisma and makes it your favorite place to hang out.
And then you have Colaba Causeway or just Causeway as it is known, a place that has best buys in everything; from bracelets to perfumes; clothes to watches;clocks, DVDs and CDs. You name it, you get it.
It has an old English charm and a very modern feel as well. Colaba is also the artcentre of Mumbai, with all the major galleries and museums located in and around this area.
Here’s presenting South Mumbai in my Indo-European style, which I wanted to do for so long.
Photograph-Style: Myself
Models: Inderjit Nagi and Aditi Bhagwat.
