Summer in Mumbai.

There’s more to summer than just the heat and long, sleepy afternoons.

Cotton on trees.
Bits of cotton fly around and are caught by sparrows to build comfortable nests

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Plastic bath-tubs for kids are sold on footpaths.

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The dog in your building has a haircut:

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Crows collect twigs to build their nests.
Difficult to capture this on a camera because as soon as they see a camera, they think they’re going to be shot for real!

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You spot pretty flowers on the sidewalks:

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Nimbu paani stalls do brisk business:

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*Detailed Pricing is as follows

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Kids cycle all day long

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And finally, the Return of the King.

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2 Comments so far

  1. Zola (unregistered) on May 30th, 2006 @ 7:15 pm

    Hí Selma!
    I’m writing from Hungary, middle Europe.
    If you’ll answer,I write more. I like your blog site. Even I’m India lover.


  2. Selma Mirza (unregistered) on June 10th, 2006 @ 11:05 pm

    Hello Zola! Thank you for dropping by. Hope you find many things that interest you on Metroblogging Mumbai. We take our conversation on email from here.



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