Detail of fine staircase by Laki Senanayake at the Lighthouse Hotel in Galle.

Mr. Ashok Jain was welcoming and hospitable. he sits, comfortably, looking out onto the glare of the street.

from Wikipedia..Crawford Market is one of South Mumbai's most famous markets. It is named after Arthur Crawford, the first Municipal Commissioner of the city. The Market was later named after Mahatma Jotirao Phule after a long struggle by the President of Mahatma Phule Smarak Samiti, Mukundraoji Bhujbal Patil. The market is situated opposite the Mumbai Police headquarters, just north of ...

View from top of the Trident Hotel in Mumbai. Looking across at Air India Building.

I had a few minutes on the street of very wonderful Mumbai...

I have been looking at my work from South India - preparing for a presentation at 361degrees in Mumbai on the 20th of February. http://www.361degrees.net.in/theme.html

Mike and I go back a long way. We have been friends since the very early '70'sFew know that he is a multi gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower show with his horticultural work.What a personal joy for me to see his exhibition (I think his first in many years) on the walls at the BAREFOOT GALLERY.

The work is extraordinary. I love enamel - and to see this fine work first hand is a delight.

Yes, from December 1931! Please let me know if you can recognise anyone in the picture.Back row, second from left in a dark sari is Nita Proctor... and that's all I know.

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