Dussera at Girgaon Chowpatty

Last evening, I made my way to Girgaum Chowpatty - Mumbai’s best known seafronts where people converge for every important celebration. It is at one end of the Queen’s necklace (as Marine drive is popularly known) and unlike the Marine Drive, it has a beach. So, there is access to water. I have never been here for Dussera, so I thought I would practice some live sketching and street photography last evening. Dussera is a festival that celebrates Lord Rama’s triumph over Ravana.

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15th August 2022 - India's 75th Independence Day

At 38, as an individual I don’t even know who I am or what I am. At 75, as 1.4 billion individuals now, I don’t know if independent India knows who she is. And I don’t know what she will become with time, but all I can do, is try to be kind to strangers, and pay forward the kindness which I have received in my life.

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