Did you know, that the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba is even older than the Gateway of India? Have you ever wondered, why is the Elephanta Caves called so? This World Heritage Day 2024, get ready to explore Mumbai’s heritage like never before. The Colaba area of Mumbai holds a treasure of history with remarkable monuments and structures that narrate the tale of Mumbai’s glorious past. Among them, Mumbai’s Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel stand as majestic landmarks bridging Mumbai’s modern present to its hair-raising history. In this series of Mid-day Xplore, Mid-day's journalist Katyayani Kapoor explores Gateway of India and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel with the founder of Mumbai Heritage Tours - Pranav Damle who gives a peek into the untold and rare history of South Mumbai's remarkable heritage honouring the heritage of Mumbai this World Heritage Day.
12 September,2024 02:59 PM IST
While photography has been predominantly a men-dominated profession, more and more women are taking on the field and breaking barriers one click at a time. But is it really easy to be a woman photographer in 2023? Meet Salonee Jain, an Indian photographer based in Mumbai who left her cushy job in consulting to follow her passion for photography full-time. As a photographer, Salonee now travels the length and breadth of the country and this World Photography Day 2023, here is a peek into her life as a woman photographer.
18 August,2023 06:46 PM IST
The trailer for Nikhil Advani's upcoming web series titled 'Mumbai Diaries 26/11' was recently launched at the Gateway of India. The Konkona Sensharma starrer series will be a fictional story paying tribute to the frontline workers set against the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attacks.
26 August,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Did you know that there is a club in the city where women sailors can find accommodation? Or that the architect of the Gateway of India designed Ballard Estate? From a marshy space of excavated sand and stone to the city’s most well-planned business district, and the heartbeat of its glorious maritime past, Ballard Estate is a charming, tree-lined treasure trove of stories about early Bombay’s mercurial rise as a shipping and naval hub. Walk With Midday is back and in our newest trail, #FionaFernandez unearths fascinating anecdotes, highlights key milestones in its rise as a port city and celebrates its master visionaries who transformed this wasteland into the city’s best-planned business district. Come, soak in this chapter of Bombay’s endless love affair with the sea.
18 August,2021 12:00 AM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
