Project Dev-Rai, May issue

Project Dev-Rai, May issue

Asthika Samaj, Matunga - May issue

Asthika Samaj, Matunga - May issue

Prabhat Kunj - Laughter Club - May issue

Prabhat Kunj - Laughter Club - May issue

Down Memory Lane

Vistasp Kaikobad, resident of Neelkanth Gardens, Govandi East, is a longtime resident of Chembur. He was born on the campus of the TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) Deonar, where…

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Back to school memories

When I look back at my school days, my mind is flooded with carefree and pleasurable memories. I think about how life was stress-free, with no qualms on my mind. I’ve realised how important it is to hold on to these memories, they evoke happiness, they keep me going and most importantly, they remind me…Read More

Chembur ki Chidiya – Story1-Parrots

Their Story: After almost four years of marriage, Rupali and Gurudatta were going through the same anxiety and stress that any couple would go through when planning a family and not able to have children. Depressed and discouraged with the situation, Rupali started taking affirmations from a book she read, ‘Power of a Subconcious Mind’.…Read More

Ganesha idol making competition

Ganesh Chaturthi being round the corner, with the pandemic restrictions still on, The Fine Arts Society decided to celebrate the festival in a unique manner. The Managing Committee of FAS organized an online ‘Ganesha Idol Making’  competition. Detailed instructions were given to make eco – friendly idols of Amchi Mumbai’s favourite God. It was held…Read More

Urban farming

I am neither a farmer by birth nor by profession. I do not live in a village with acres of land for farming. I live in a city, an urban jungle, where space is limited. But my love and passion for farming  began in this very urban jungle, when I first experienced some impeccable gardening…Read More

Salt Satyagraha

During Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha Movement, the Congress Committee of Trombay Island regularly organized salt marches from Trombay to Suman Nagar to support the movement protesting the unjust British prohibitions on salt making. Dozens of men from the area came forward to make salt, but they were quickly arrested and jailed by the British. Seeing,…Read More

Source: Bombay Guide Map Including Parts of Salsette, Survey of India, 1933

The forgotten railways of Trombay island

A few years back, a friend and I stared agape, as did a bunch of excited others from all walks of life, when the brightly-coloured, bug-like coaches of the monorail hummed their way into the terminal station next to Fine Arts. For years, we had groaned in collective exasperation, as a much-touted wonder of rapid…Read More