mangoes are here, well almost here. had the seasons first aam-ras today, though it was a market-one, not the home made one. the home made ras tastes infinitely better. this is a photo from last summer, kaccha kairis grown by nana. we couldn’t wait till they would ripen as passer bys would pluck them off the tree with a stone / ball. but the kairis made for yummy pickles!
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aam-ras = mango pulp; relished along with puris. puris are, well, a sort of fried bread?
kazccha kairis = raw mangoes
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seems like i forgot to add ‘mindless mumbai’ to this photo…
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photo id: 5716
nana-nani parks dot many parts of the city, and are usually the result of some ngo / citizen group / ALM’s efforts in adding to the open green spaces. because many of them come up on fragments of land that may have originally been dumping grounds / barren fields, these parks are of varying forms. like this one, in 7 bungalows; at 250 long and 8 metres wide, this park is sandwiched by roads on both sides, and was granted permission to be built, only on the condition that the municipal corporation can break it down to expand the road, as and when required. it charges 2 rs as an entry fee that helps maintain the walking track and the greenery. of course there is the debate of parks being open to all sections of society, and whether they should charge any entry fee at all, but that calls for a separate post
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“nana-nani park” translate to grandpa-grandma parks…the maternal ones, to be more precise
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i’m exhausted right now, so apologies if the above description was incoherent. have a construction submission on thursday, a design jury on friday and a thesis jury on saturday. won’t be able to visit any cdpb blogs till the weekend. have fun photo-blogging everybody…
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5000+ visitors!
today’s been a good day. i’ve got a presentation due on saturday, which i’ve got to give in by tomorrow morning, so i’m not going to say much / visit any CDP blogs tonight. ciao.
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photo clicked while looking up at pappillon restaurant in irla, march 2007. i like the photograph for the stark greenery of the leaves, and the complete whiteness of the sky
