Girgaon

Now that it seems somebody might actually visit these pages, I thought I'd organize some of the pictures instead of putting them up somewhat sporadically and randomnly. I will also try to narrate some kind of a theme behind the year-long presentation of Still Tour 2005 that might help order some of the complex visual topography that is called Bombay.

So the following series here is a start. They compose of pictures I've taken on my many walks through Girgaon, the old working class areas of South Central Bombay. I used to love these crowded labyrynthine byways - from Kotachiwadi to Chor Bazar, from Grant's Road to Crawford Market. This was my place in Bombay to wander around aimlessly and get lost on purpose: to look at people going around with their busy lives, to get overwhelmed and sometimes suffocated by the buzz, the noise, the traffic, the chaos, the crowds ...

If there is one area in Bombay that has (or had) for me a special psychogeographical resonance it was this area. So here are some of the many photos captured during my walks. More to come.