A young Bohra in Bohra Mohalla, Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai. December 2009. 

An everyday passage through a space layered with history, devotion, and belonging.

Bohra Mohalla, Dongri, Mumbai, December 2009

 

At Bohra Mohallah, Dongri, Mumbai, December 2009 محله بورا (نه بوهرا)در دونگری در شهر قدیم بمبئی. بوراها جماعتی تاجر و گجراتی هستند که در دوران کلونیال، مثل خیلی‌های دیگر، بمبئی بدل به پایتخت‌شان شد.

A typical hot April day commuting on a local train, Mumbai, April 2010. [From my archive]

 تردّد معمولی در یک روز گرم آوریل در قطار محلی، بمبئی، ۲۰۱۰. از مجموعه‌ عکس‌های سومین سفر میدانی‌ام به بمبئی

The Dancer Tree at National Museum, Mumbai, January 2023.

 

Playing Bushehri's Damam (drum) on Ashura day at Jail Road, Dongri, Mumbai, December 2010.

Mumbra, Mumbai, India, December 2009

I'm going to leave Göttingen(and Germany)on Tuesday,September 27th,as the term of my research position at the Max Planck Institute(MPI-MMG) will end by the end of September. However I feel like that I'm about departing from Mumbai not Göttingen, since my research was about Mumbai.

Dockyard Rd Station, Mumbai, December 2009

I am working on a paper for which I was reviewing my photos taken during fieldwork in Mumbai. I Picked that one to post it here, showing neither I nor my photoblog has died.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal (CST), Mumbai, India, November 2009

taken during my first visit to Mumbai in 2009

The Dome: the dome of CST, Mumbai, India, December 2010

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), formerly known as Victoria Terminus Station. The building is listed as World Heritage; it designed by the British architect F. W. Stevens, became the symbol of Bombay as the ‘Gothic City’. The terminal was built over 10 years, starting in 1878, according to a High Victorian Gothic design based on late medieval Italian models. Its remarkable stone dome, turrets, pointed arches and eccentric ground plan are close to traditional Indian palace architecture (Ref: whc.unesco.org).

Portrait: at the front of Mugol Masjid, Dongri, Mumbai, December 2010
It is a break from the Muharram related photos, nevertheless taken again in Dongri area in the south of Mumbai

Khichda: Dongri, Mumbai, December 2010

Khichda is Indian porridge; it is an traditional food made and served during Muharram in Mumbai

Iranians' Mosque (known as Mugol Masjid), Dongri, Mumbai, India, December 2010