Enfolding This Mumbai
Enfolding This Mumbai 2001 jp melville Sleeping curled tightly on top of crumbling walls Bundles of ragged cloth, bodies, men Woman squatting, scrubbing, washing clothes Sidewalk transformed as washboard People ‑ public, private lives moulded into nakedness no colour, colourless lives of dust and grime. Street sides cracked curbs Rusted railings Muck of wash water, sewage flowing listlessly in the gutter Surprise, two churches ‑ one Catholic, one Evangelist A Hindu temple pressed in among peeling buildings Discovery hidden in a nameless alley ‑ a wedding, a tent, sense of colour splash of bright red and yellows, greens. What a multitude Every space packed with busyness, dwellings Shacks and shanties, cardboard and sisal cloth Five floor apartments, relics of the past with shuttered balconies ‑ natural air Modern glass buildings ‑ electricity dependent Printed paper advertisements plastered on portals, picke...