Bombay, early 1980s. This was taken from the Hanging Gardens, near the Tower of Silence on Malabar Hill, where the Parsi still left the bodies of the dead to be picked over by vultures.
The beach is Charni Beach, and in the top right you can just see the famous Marine Drive. It curves behind the large beach in the foreground.
Marine Drive is now a high rise area. Real estate prices along the esplanade are among the highest in India, and fourth in the world at US$2100 per square feet.
This is Marine Drive further round the beach:
Hi,
ReplyDeleteIm doing research for a hindi film set in Bombay in the early 80's, would you have more photos of the city that you might want to share with us? Thanks a lot!