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…
Read MoreBack 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
The wonder years of Ganesh Chaturthi: My memories
It’s exciting that one of my favourite times in the year is here – Ganesh Chaturthi. Much has been said, shown, and spoken about how this part of the country comes alive at this time. Much also about how it evolved into a sarvajanik affair. However, in Mumbai, it’s not just sarvajanik in the scale…Read More
Neelkanth Garden Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations
As September approaches, preparations for one of India’s most widely celebrated festivals begins in full swing. Everybody joins in to celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha with grandeur and delight. The celebrations here in Neelkanth Gardens were truly one of a kind, the whole colony spends it together, we truly are like one big…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 pans of Chembur
Natural salt pans are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually gleaming brilliantly white under the sun. Such land is formed in places where large water bodies have evaporated over thousands of years, leaving behind remnant salt and other minerals. Mumbai has around 5300 acres of saltpans, and they generated substantial…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
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