studio. pali. patio

yesterday after college we spent some time in the studio where the space has radically changed with large boards with paintings on them rather than the long table with computers. its great to see it becoming what it was meant to be- an adda.

then sonal and me went for a meeting to the pali gaothan where some residents group has filed a public interest litigation against the rampant development happening in their neighbourhood. the pereiras, neil and daphne have been living in their ancestral hoems in this hamlet with a beautiful basketball court and public space at the foot of pali hill ever since they can remember. the stories were of bmc corruption, about the builders who use devious means to get the consent of the poor owners and then the owners who end up out on the street. i don’t know whether any of the alleged transgressions of the development control regulations have occurred but the poor things were terrified of losing their homes to the powerful new class that claims bandra as its own. pereira insisted that it is a planned predetermined conspiracy to rid bandra of its ethnic community.

kfc where pali meets linking road - the ugliest architecture in the world(?) or the most interesting (?)

the basketball court at the entrance of pali gaothan.

it was sonals birthday yesterday and we decided to try out a new place for a change. ‘patio’. large glass windows in the modern plaza buildings that make up juhu shopping complex. starters and drinks and we were all full- aditya, saurabh, sonal, ranjit and me.