shashank uchil

so the next day we headed to Vashi

and that involves

crossing the bridge to vashi as bombay is an island

yellow tyres means a garage nearby

and we bought some samosa and vada

crossed a vegetable market

and some more

how often do you find a dog on a BLUE cart

but again this is india so…one can expect colors like these

the next day sis fell ill

did some house cleaning

mom watching life go by on the street below

later in the evening i caught up with suri, bhushan and his wife…its quite strange to see my friends getting married…its quite surreal

after some cofee bushan and shereen headed home

while suri and i walked around the colony


mom playing sudoku

loo

bathroom

dad doing some financial stuff

while mom prepares lunch

and gives me some tips

olve arrived from Oslo and i took him to my school

the yellows looked nice

but the chapel looks like some kid painted it

religion is seen everywhere…and not just Hinduism…



went to gorai beach…

luckily it did not rain

and we got some good lighting


love beaches…with palm trees

some kids were playing cricket







on our way back home we stopped at the Global Vipassana Pagoda
**The center of the Global Vipassana Pagoda contains the world’s largest stone dome built without any supporting pillars. The height of the dome is approximately 29 metres, while the height of the building is 96.12 meters, which is twice the size of the previously largest hollow stone monument in the world, the Gol Gumbaz Dome in Bijapur, India.**

when completed it will look like this…

view from the inside

took a ride on a horse cart back home

waiting for the plane…i have realized that one can reach the airport 1.5 hours before the flight and still make it

in the plane

no good company and my inability to sleep on planes meant…

i had to take random photos…

to entertain myself…

getting close to Bombay

tip…eat veg dinner and non-veg breakfast…no i did not do it…but i wish i did

home…i have a strange feeling that my sis took these two shots

like them

sis and i went to Inorbit to shop where we met surhud and ashwini

more photos by my sis

later in the week i visited few relatives…and this time i took portraits as they are…ahem getting old
this is mom, Sumangala. She is 58 years old, she had to wake up at 5am and climb a steep road to get to the hospital. I was born at 6am.

this is RT, he is 75 years old and the patriarch of the family. He will undergo an operation tomorrow. I wish i had taken his photo when he was doing well. He told me how he moved to Bombay and had to struggle for years. His generation, which my father was part, were the first to come to Bombay and have lots of stories, most of which are full of hardships and hunger.

this is his wife Renuka. She is 65 years old and my moms eldest sister. We call her Dodda-amma which translates to Senior Mother. When my mom moved to Bombay(before getting married to dad) she lived with Renuka and RT in a one room apartment. I have seen the apartment and all i can say is…Respect. Makes me quite proud of my extended family.

Renukas eldest son…Pravinraj(Raja). He is 43 years old and had two sons. Time flies, i remember riding an Royal Enfield with him as a kid.

His wife Roopa.

from Raja and Roopa’s house we went to visit Santosh

this is Santosh

Santosh is my moms eldest brother. He is 70 years old. I love to photography him. I grew up being utterly scared of him, with time he has softened. He is an extremely interesting character.

Then we visited Pradeep (Paddu), moms youngest brother. He is 48 years old. I remember as a kid not letting him into the house when mom was out. He has two sons.

His wife Rekha

went for a walk in my colony(i c colony)


there were farms here…now just a road




this is how i c colony feels…has lost its glory and charm


met up with friends…childhood building friends. This is frank. He works on a cargo ship and is from Goa.

Kunal sister Shivani

Kunal…it was his birthday and the reason i goto bombay in july

met up with delna and went to Inorbit…again

delna took this one…one of those rare relaxed moment with my sister…rest of time is spent being 8 years old

delna is a parsi…wiki it. she is a talented animator and works at prana, the biggest and best animation studio in india.

as you can see…delna drinks a lot…this one was at Firangi Pani.