Night Watch

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The snack ads on the train say ‘Chowpatty ka maza, ghar baithe’ (the pleasure of Chowpatty Beach, sitting at home). But nocturnal futon noshing isn’t quite the same as littoral manÂœuvres in the dark.

Human-powered Ferris wheel

Something wikkid this way comes

Fanning the embers, baking the bhutta (corn)

Thacker’s Gujju thali

Raver walla

Bachelor’s cashew-fig ice cream: possibly the world’s most delicious

Carriage rides at Nariman Point

Chowpatty scene

Khilona walla (toy walla)

Campo de fiori (field of flowers)

BiB, balloon in balloon

Bhutta walla

Dosa walla

Sucrose overdose

Something walla

The candyman

Behind these, speedboats in Back Bay

Pinwheel peacock

Toss the ring

P.T. Barnum was right

Kalakhatta walla

My milk gola brings all the boys to the yard

Burkhas gone wild

Fun with inflatables

Pani puri walla

Some dude’s hanging off the wheel at right

Hoardings

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12 thoughts on “Night Watch”

  1. “raver wallah,” lol. Hmm, got to find me some falooda now..Triffic update Manish.

  2. do you eat street food, water etc in India…. and not have tummy trouble?

  3. Um…the pic that says “fun with inflatables” – er, what exactly are you implying? 🙂

  5. “Something walla” is possibly offering something that’s also known as “Timepass” in Bombay jargon.

  6. do you eat street food, water etc in India…. and not have tummy trouble?

    I try and eat only stuff that’s piping hot.

    Um…the pic that says “fun with inflatables”

    Oops, wrong photo, fixed.

    what’s the story behind the ferris wheel dude?

    All the rides were hand-powered, and not even hand-cranked — there are no machines from classical physics being used here 🙂 Kids get rides in little kiddie cars that are hand-pushed, the merry-go-rounds I saw are hand-rotated and so on.

  7. “something “walla is selling spiced chana and peanuts with a dash of lime juice…

  8. “My milk gola brings all the boys to the yard”

    LMAO!!! great update manish!