This World Heritage Week, custodians of Mumbai’s heritage movement, suggest sites, locations and spaces that require critical intervention to safeguard their legacies that are intertwined with our unique urban character
23 November,2024 08:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezThe city winners from a recent round of awards honouring the best restaurants from across India, shone a light on the continuing lack of presence that the state’s regional cuisines have in Mumbai
18 November,2024 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezMumbai gets a spacious hub in a heritage building on DN Road that will offer curated experiences across culture, heritage and literature, starting early December
15 November,2024 07:03 PM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezThe recent opening of a city-themed gallery inside its biggest museum comes as great news for its starved population. But honestly, the number of such cultural spaces is woefully low, particularly in the suburbs
11 November,2024 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezOur sutradhaars Sir PM and Lady Flora discuss a post-mortem of how the city fared in the spate of the big drop in Air Quality Index levels
04 November,2024 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezOur sutradhaars wonder if the newly-made stations along the Metro III line will continue to look like dull, uninspiring spaces or if they can expect arty, vibrant makeovers to celebrate their surroundings
28 October,2024 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezFrom co-writing a column in mid-day with the late Sharada Dwivedi on local history, to chronicling its heritage and architectural styles, architect and urban planner Rahul Mehrotra discusses the just-released Bombay Deco against the backdrop of a rapidly-changing metropolis
26 October,2024 10:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezA recent gathering of the city’s heritage community served as a glaring reminder of the need for younger people to come to the fore when the conversation is centred on the preservation of Mumbai’s urban history
21 October,2024 06:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezOur sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora are appalled at the turn of events last week that lead to an unrecognisable avatar of Bandra fort
14 October,2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezIn the first biography of Charles Correa, one of modern India’s greatest architects, Mustansir Dalvi showcases not just his visionary genius but also his zeal to improve the lives of the common man, particularly in Mumbai
12 October,2024 09:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona FernandezADVERTISEMENT