Literary scholar Nachiket Joshi and conservation architect Mallika Keer love Mumbai not for its famous monuments but because of the beauty of its everyday buildings in old neighbourhoods such as Chembur and Shivaji Park. Using their Instagram pages, they hope to bring attention to these interesting structures and to the need to preserve them
Mallika Keer has spotted the likes of Bhoj Mahal building near Matunga's Tejookaya Park and Nachiket Joshi is fascinated by houses such as Belvedere near the grotto in Chembur's Central Avenue. Photo: Mallika Keer/Nachiket Joshi
Looking at architecture is like reading poetry for Nachiket Joshi. Even though the 30-year-old isn’t remotely connected to the subject by profession, he has always been fascinated by the intricacies in structures — railings, gate posts and arches — around him. “As a child, I liked the area around Central Avenue and the roads perpendicular to it near the railway station and I am completely charmed by it. You could tell that they were old, special and looked different,” says a mesmerised Joshi. All these years later, Joshi, a Chembur resident has found love in poetry and prose which he finds resonate with architecture too. This interest in houses around him made him start @housesofchembur, as an amateur attempt at documenting them on Instagram in 2019.
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