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The more pensive ones will savour the soft tread of their canvas-shoed feet on the teakwood stairs and pause on the Minton-tiled landings to contemplate the serene marble tombstones of Bada Kabrastan in the adjacent plot.

Preserving the past for posterity

Conservation architect Vikas Dilawari takes us through the historical structures of Charni Road, Thakurdwar and CP Tank.

15 Sept 2018 12:09 AM IST

12 Hours in and around andheri west

12 Hours in and around andheri west

Andheri can be a daunting suburb for those unfamiliar with its pace. If you find yourself stranded here, these are the...

27 May 2018 1:44 AM IST

It is one of the most premiere venues for live Indian classical music performances. The legendary artistes who have performed here are Ustad Zakir Hussain, and Mridagam Maestro Palghat Mani Iyer. (Photo: Suruchi Maira)

A personal history of Shanmukhananda auditorium

Only to find that the queue for passes had spilled out of the Shanmukhananda campus and onto the footpath.

17 March 2018 12:17 AM IST

Keshava shows me to the common room that is a riot of colours. Grey-and-black floor tiles, sky-blue rafters, white ceiling.

New vasantashram has stood the test of time

At lunchtime, I pop into Radio Restaurant nearby, housed in a cavernous, abandoned movie theatre.

10 Feb 2018 2:22 AM IST

Rafique Baghdadi

Rafique Baghdadi's Bombay

Rafique Baghdadi is a veteran film journalist, lifelong walker of Bombay streets, and authority on Manto.

3 Feb 2018 12:11 AM IST

On one side, Ridge Road is at par with the Mangalore-tiled roofs of Khareghat Parsi Colony. On the other, a low wall of boulders and stone is interrupted by an arch, now boarded up.

Take a walk down scenic Ridge road

The road from Hanging Gardens to Kemps Corner may not be long, but it is filled with picturesque skyline views,...

2 Dec 2017 7:46 AM IST

Waiting for Mr Bachchan

Waiting for Mr Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan, arguably Bollywood's biggest star, sees crowds throng outside his Juhu bungalow on Sunday evenings...

22 Oct 2017 12:48 AM IST

The mango-carton man, ubiquitous all over a summering city, is here too, fresh off the ferry from Alibaug. (Photo: Ninad Chaudhari)

Through winding Mumbai roads

A trip on bus no. 135 from Fisherman's Wharf in the east to Nepean Sea Road on the west.

5 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

Suseela Subbarayudu

Lessons on the chord

A septugenarian in Matunga is teaching a new generation how to make music with the violin.

30 July 2017 12:28 AM IST

The rail system in Mumbai is the citys lifeline. It ferries millions of people across the city on three lines Western, Central, and Harbour. Trains begin to run at 4 am and run until past midnight.

Trainspotting at Dockyard Road

Listen to the clang of trains being shunted and an engine's call. Watch the sun set over colonial Bombay.

22 July 2017 12:52 AM IST

Alfred Talkies stands apart. Its distinctly European architecture occupies pride of place at a busy intersection, painted in what hopeless artists call skin colour .

The old cinema experience of alfred talkies

While multiplexes have changed the way we watch movies, cinemas like Alfred Talkies offer you an old-school experience.

27 May 2017 12:11 AM IST