baby steps

ive been in washington for over a year...
new ideas/work/projects.
coming soon.

interlude

good night mumbai

"When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things can happen which we ourselves cannot possibly imagine, either beforehand, or at the time when they are taking place, or afterwards when we look back on them."
– isak dinesen out of africa, 1937

sweet dreams sweet city.

pack to ship

im leaving tomorrow and packing today.
updates and fill-in-the-blanks soon.

march = washington dc.

bike to banganga

marathon redux

42.43km
4 hours 33 minutes 24 seconds.

i did not beat p.diddy's nyc marathon time, but it was epic.

thank you, everyone, for the good wishes.
(and especially anupam who shadowed me and provided bananas, water, cheers and photos. and zj, whos smile i felt the whole way)

i think id like to do it again sometime.





just past halfway

mumbai meeri jaan

between charni road and marine lines


carter road promenade


mukesh mills


marine drive opposite vn road


vt station pedestrian bridge


colaba near bade miya


dn road citibank building


breach candy


darukhana ship breaking yard


bandra outside bagel shop

wadi bandar

wadi bandar.
250 households.
@ 5 people/house.
1 working pipe.
[non-working spaghetti pipes throughout]

entrance from street

north lane with spaghetti pipes



1 public tap/@ 10 households.
1 shared private tap.
public toilet facility under construction.
directly adjacent to railway water tank, no service.
less than 100 meters to well source, non drinking supply.
less than 500 meters from the bhandarwada hill reservoir, no service.

water/works

manual and generator powered sluice gates.
guardians of a system that has not changed much in the last 100 years.

sauter st

apna chawl.
240 households.
@ 6-10 family members/house.
1 pipe.
[120 each side, south side has connections in house]

looking west


looking east

1 public tap.
6 toilet stalls @ rs.2/use.
directly adjacent to byculla fire station.