City Daily Photo : Photo Of The Year

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Mumbai Daily Snapshot is active after five years, from December 1, 2014. So the Photo Of The Year was a choice between 31 photos of December.

I have chosen this photo the 'Staircase to Saffron Spice' as it was most voted for, and also my favourite.

It also got selected in the Best 6 of Black and White Weekend on 26th Dec, 2014.

 

To see more of  'Photo Of The Year' by photographers around the world, click here.

Wish you all a Very Happy New Year 2015.

ABC Wednesday - 'Y' for The 'YEAR' 2014

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The 'YEAR' 2014 has been very special as it was the 'Comeback Year of MDS'.
I also got a co-photoblogger, my 9 year old son Krrish who loves photography and does the Mumbai Weekend Snaphot every Sunday.

Today's photo is a collage of the best photos of 2014, which actually means the best of December 2014, as we did a comeback on December 1, 2014.
Please vote for the photo which is deserving of being tomorrow's CityDailyPhoto group's 'Best Photo Of The Year'.
Thank you dear Mumbai Virtual Tourists for your warm welcome to us after a break of five years. We love you all our dear readers. 
Thank you to our fellow CityDailyPhoto community, CityPhotographers community and Indibloggers, as we are so proud to be one of you.

Wish You All A Happy New Year 2015 from Anita & Krrish.

Monday Shopping and Markets : Nadco Shopping Centre in Andheri

The Nadco Shopping Centre in Andheri West near the railway station is a one stop destination for fashion accessories, purses and handbags, exclusive jewellery, art and craft shops, readymade garments, sarees, dupattas, nightwear and loungewear, footwear, books, stationery and bags, toys, mobile phones...the list is endless.

What you see is just a row of shops on both sides of the passage. There is a big market at the end of this passage. The prices are pocket friendly and the merchandise is usually trendy.

Dont forget to try yummy snacks and farsan at Trupti snack shop in the shopping centre

A must check out when you are visiting Andheri suburb of Mumbai.

January 2009 Monthly Theme: Best photo of the year 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

After critically judging the year 2008's photos on MDS, I chose this photo of fishwives as the best photo of the year. The post was ABC WEDNESDAY -  'M' for Machhi-walis. It is one of my best photos of the year. 

The other obvious one was the monochrome photo of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus).

Mumbai's Machhi-walis - Fisher Women

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The Mumbai Machhi-walis belong to the Koli (fisherfolk) community. The fishermen go out to sea and bring fresh catch. Now it is the job of the fisherwomen (also called fishwives) to sell the fish in local fish markets. There are those too, who buy fish from the wharf in early morning hours to sell in the market.

The machhi-walis (Kolins) are hard-working, aggressive by nature and fiercely economically independent women. A Kolin's day begins at the break of dawn. After cooking food for the entire family, she buys fish from the wharf and sells it at the local fish market, or even from home to home (to regular customers) till the fish is all sold out.

Standing out distinctly in a crowd, with sarees, noisy language (including abusive phrases) and traditional, chunky jewellery, the Machhi-wali invests most of her savings in gold.

Living a simple life, their food is usually curry, rice and fried fish.



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