An Evening Excursion
Featuring Cats and Landmarks of South Mumbai
I have my qualifier exams tomorrow, and my pen is almost out of ink. I wanted to buy a refill, but the general store in TIFR does not stock refills for the pen that I use. So I decided to walk to a stationery store in Colaba market and buy a refill.
The nearest stationery store is 3 kilometres from TIFR, and a round trip to the store would have been just over 6 kilometres. However, I felt like doing some sightseeing, and I ended up walking more than 14 kilometres.
Here’s the route that I walked and some pictures that I took. It’s mostly cats and buildings, but there’s also a dog and some reptiles.
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A tall and thin statue, just like the buildings behind it. The more you look at this statue, the weirder it gets.
I spotted a cute Kitler in the wild.
The beautiful Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Mahal Tower hotels sit facing the Gateway of India.
A group of people pose for a photo in front of the Gateway of India.
There are loads of photographers around the Gateway. There are probably as many photographers as there are tourists here nowadays. They offer instant prints for just ₹30.
A polychromatic building with Venetian Gothic architecture that is the Maharashtra Police Headquarters.
A man in BEST uniform greets passengers outside the BEST depot near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, aka the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, aka the Museum.
A cat eats some evening snacks.
The Elphinstone College, now part of the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University.
The David Sassoon Library and Reading Room founded in 1847. Beside it is a Westside store, which opened about 10 years ago.
Rhythm House. An iconic music store in Kala Ghoda, Fort.
145 Kala Ghoda cafe + bar. Not to be confused with the Kala Ghoda Cafe.
A tiny alley leads to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
On the left, you see the Mumbai University, and in its premises, there’s a clock tower.
A closer look at the Rajabai Clock Tower, the Big Ben of Mumbai.
A not-so-great angle of the High Court of Bombay.
A scaffolded statue of Mahadev Govind Ranade: a scholar, a judge, and a social reformer.
The dog that was promised. We are on a temporary metal bridge, and below us is an underground metro station under construction (not visible in picture).
And here are the reptiles. Lizards hanging out under the strip of lights waiting for their prey.
An auspiciously numbered building.
The LIC building, lit in blue and yellow. The Canara Bank building opposite Town Hall in Bangalore is similarly lit.
A curious cat approaches the camera.
Cool drinking water, fresh from the snowy peaks of the Himalayas.
Some more cats.
Even more cat. No, this is the same cat from the last picture.