Drawings of Mumbai Skylines - South Mumbai, Malabar Hill and Worli

These are pencil drawings of three different types of Mumbai skylines. The highrise buildings in this metropolitan city have given a different and unique character to the city.

The South Mumbai skyline is the first illustration. In the far right you can see Navy Nagar, in the centre the Air India building and the Oberoi Hotel. To the left of the picture you can see the Ambassador hotel and the apartment buildings on Marine Drive.

This second sketch hasn't come out very clearly due to the distance from which the original photograph was clicked. This is a depiction of the Malabar Hill Skyline as seen from Marine Drive. The photograph on which this drawing is based can be seen in the Mumbai Skylines post, a link to which is given in the paragraph above.

This last image is a pencil drawing of the Worli Skyline, and based on a photograph taken from the Bandra - Worli Sea Link. (A post with several photographs of the Worli Skyline is in the pipeline and so is one on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.)

Here is a closer view of the skyscrapers at Worli, some of them residential, some commercial buildings.

Related Images: Photos of Mumbai Skylines - Nariman Point and Malabar Hill or Photographs of the Worli skyline: Mumbai Skyline - Worli or Marine Drive Mumbai - Photographs and Sketches or click any of the labels below this post.

If it's more sketches and pencil drawings of high-rise buildings you need,  try these posts: Skyscraper Sketches or Sketches of high-rise apartments or Sketch of the Air India building and Oberoi hotel

(Some sketches have a watermark. If you want to buy the sketch, please write to me).

Graffiti in Rome and Athens

Graffiti is common in public places in European cities. At times trains are completely covered by graffiti art. It isn't always a pretty design, but at times it doesn't look too bad. Certainly better than paan stains that we get in India!

The first two photographs were taken in Rome, on the banks of the river Tiber.

I increased the contrast in the image below as the graffiti appeared a trifle faded.

This last photograph, taken on a cell-phone is of a subway train in Athens.

Not knowing the language, I could never read it and I hope that it's not offensive. 

Mumbai Airport

This is a picture of the exterior of the Mumbai domestic airport building, the departure section in Santa Cruz, Mumbai.

Check out other pictures relating to Mumbai by clicking on the label "Mumbai" below this post or check out the Photos of Chennai Airport or Goa Airport  pictures or Bangkok Airport - Pictures 

For airport tarmac images: Airport tarmac and aircraft on runaway

For images of the interior of an aircraft: Inside of an Aeroplane or inside of an airport: Airport Lounge with people waiting

Swiss Traffic Police at work

We were cruising along a Zurich street when we saw the Swiss police mighty interested in a few parked cars. I clicked a few photos of them checking the way the cars were parked.

Once the traffic cleared we saw what they were interested in. An SUV parked carelessly, its two left wheels outside the white line. They are clicking away at what I thought to be a minor offense. The police were not about to get into an argument. They would have a photograph to prove their point.

Related Images: Zurich city - bridges, river, people and buildings or Or check out other photos on Switzerland or Zurich.

Bora (Berry) - the red tropical sweet berry

These are photographs of the Bora (Berry) which are called Chanya Manya Bora in Marathi. It is a popular berry in Maharashtra, India and can range from red to brown to yellow in colour. It is also referred to as Bor, Spiny jujube, wild jujube and Sheizaf.
These photographs were taken on a cell phone and are thus not of a very high resolution. They are fine for web use though.

The background was rather cluttered so I decided to make a cutout of the berries. The white stuff on them is salt.

In this next photo I placed the berries on a dried leafy background. It matched with the bowl in which these berries came in. They are commonly served on such a leaf bowl in the rural areas.

I was rather taken aback at this information which told me that a foreigner found these berries sour and disgusting and categorised them as a "bizzare" food. There are many unknown and unfamiliar foods and and has to develop a taste for them. I have called some foods disgusting (a roasted cockroach!) but never would apply the term to a berry.
I grew up munching these berries. They are yummy!

Related Images: Strawberries photographs and sketch or Melons Photographs or Jackfruit or Phanas Photographs
Or Fruit Vendors vs supermarkets

Temple and statues of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt

These photographs of Queen Hatshepshut of Egypt show her temple or mortuary from a distance and also from near it. She reigned from 1508 to 1458 BC and was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. This mortuary temple was built at Deir el-Bahri. Hers was the first monument built here and soon this area became known as the Valley of the Kings.
In this first picture you can see the starkness of the desert terrain.

Hordes of tourists descend on this place every day.

Here is a close-up of the temple structure.

The columns of the temple in the picture below are huge.

The next image is of the queen's statue. May seem like a man's portrait at first glance, but the beard is a false beard. This was a common symbol of  pharaonic power depicted in the statues of all pharoahs, male or female. Women rulers were not common. You might notice that her figure is not visible clearly. Most women were depicted this way in the art of the time, probably to downplay their femininity.

More photos of ancient monuments from Egypt:  Three Pyramids of ancient Egypt or Karnak Temple and Pillar Designs or The Great Sphinx of Egypt or Karnak Temple and Pillar Designs or for more related photos try the label "Egypt"
For desert pictures try this post: Sand and the Dubai desert
If you are looking for sculptures and art from different parts of the world, click the label "Art"

Young woman selling raw mango slices in South India

This is a photograph of a young woman, a street vendor in Mammalapuram or what used to be known as Mahabalipuram, near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.. Vendors like this raw mango seller throng the area as it is tourist attraction. 15 gms of sliced raw mango is about 100 Kcal and also provides huge amounts of Vitamin C and also significant amounts of Vitamin A.

Related Images: For pictures of mangoes try this: Photos of Mangoes.
Or Fruit Vendors vs supermarkets in India or Road-side food stalls or street food in India
For pictures of village and tribal women: Tribal women in India or Women filling water from village well in India or Village women in Gwalior District, India