Street stalls

Street food stalls Snapshots of Mumbai book

Everything changes when you see it from a different angle. A simple statement, but true. These are food stalls near Bandra station, dotted along the frenetic Link Rd and harassed daily by both humans and traffic. “On the ground I don’t see them, unless I’m hungry, then they serve a quick and disposable purpose. But … Read more

Tape

snapshots of mumbai, TDK cassette in an MP3 city

This cassette tape was in the broken glove box of our taxi driver.

“He looked after us like an Uncle; ferrying us from Colaba to Film City, from midday to midnight, and always off meter.
A kind man, wise to a fault on the city, he’d moved to Mumbai in the days before Partition – witnessing firsthand all the changes I now want to explore. But like a TDK cassette in an MP3 city, running out of relevance to most of the people he meets.” – Ed King