ABC Wednesday - 'P' fo PLAZA

PLAZA  CINEMA

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Plaza is one of the few old movie theaters of Mumbai, located in Dadar West. It was damaged during the 1993 bomb blasts/riots. It has now re-opened and remains one of the few theatres in Mumbai that show Marathi movies albeit almost as a Matinee show, and regular shows of Hindi movies

ABC Wednesday - 'D' for DADAR

• If you ask any Mumbaiite, what is 'D' for? Most of them will say D for DADAR.
• Dadar, the most crowded railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway, is divided into Dadar East and Dadar West by the railway line.
• Dadar has the only railway station common to both the Central line and the Western line; this makes it a transit point and the most crowded railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
• Dadar West market is a very popular shopping destination for residents of central Mumbai.
• Some of the prominent landmarks of Dadar are Pritam Restaurant & Dhaba, Hindmata Cloth Market; St. Paul the Apostle Church, behind Hindmata Theatre; Guru Nanak Gurudwara, opposite Chitra Cinema; behind Chitra Cinema; Dadar T.T. Circle.
• The Parsi Colony in Dadar has the famous Five Gardens, actually something like seven to eight gardens separated by roads.
• Opposite the exit of the Dadar Railway Station is located the newly constructed Swaminarayan Temple .
• Hindu Colony in Dadar has several major educational institutes clustered together: the Ruia College, the Ruparel College, the Podar College and formerly the King George, but now known as the I.E.S. School, after its operators, the Indian Education Society.

Busy Street

The street where Shree Krishna food outlet is located is a very busy street of Dadar. The shops are very busy with activity and there are hawkers selling all kinds of goods.
Tomorrow is India's Independence Day and I'll post after the flag hoisting in our complex.

Shree Krishna Batata Wada

Shree Krishna Batata Wada is one of the oldest food outlets in Dadar West.
They not only serve fresh and delicious batata wadas, but also many other snacks like samosas, sabudana wada, many kinds of bhajiyas, misal pav, aloo wadi, medu wada, chaats and bhelpuri, panipuri and dahi puri and cold drinks too.
I remember visiting the place in my college days for hot and spicy batata wadas before going to the evening coaching classes in Dadar.

Dadar Railway Station

A view of Dadar railway station from the bridge I showed you yesterday. The bridge takes you to Dadar(West) which is a shopping haven for many.

Dadar Overbridge

This is the Dadar bridge over Dadar station connecting Dadar (East) to Dadar (West).

Handbags

Colourful handbags were for sale at Dadar when I visited my doctor. They are put up for sale on the pavement by hawkers having no licenses. You can see the big box on the right. That's for putting the bags in and carrying away. The box is very handy when the hawkers have to run with the goods, in case of a municipal raid.
As they have no overhead expenses like the shops, they sell goods very cheap and bargaining is a must if you want a good price.