So that you don’t Bungle-ow

This paper ran a two-part series on bungalows in Mumbai and how residents are still clinging on tenaciously to old, family bungalows for various reasons. West View 15, owned by Gemma Fernandes, Gerard Fernandez and Ingrid Pinto in Bandra. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi From resisting the lure of the big bucks wielding builder and redevelopment riches …

Mid-Day – Bunga-lows and highs

Built in the 1950s in what is known as the ‘original Immaculate Conception (IC)’ colony, DX Vaz House in Borivali stands tall more than 60 years later. Talking about his bungalow, Schubert Vaz, a musician by profession says, “My father and three of his musician friends bought land in Borivali around India’s Independence, when the …

Mirror tried – When Mazgaon was hip

  By Bhairavi Jhaveri, Mumbai Mirror | May 21, 2014, 12.00 AM IST   (Clockwise from left) A typical, recently refurbished, East Indian home; The entry to Lion’s Den and Dhiresh Sharma sharing anecdotes on the tour It’s hard to imagine that the largely uncharacteristic industrial areas of Mazgaon and Byculla were once tony neighbourhoods; home to the …

Matharpacady Village Cross Feast, 1st May 2014

HOLY CROSS ORATORY – MATHARPACADY VILLAGE  The Holy Cross Oratory is a religious landmark, well over a century old, situated in the heart of  Matharpacady Oart, popularly known as “THE VILLAGE”.  A kind lady, Mrs. Buthello, donated the land for the Oratory. This historical monument was constructed thereon through the munificence of  our ancestors, in …

Food E-Ville

    The Matharpacady Residents Welfare Assocation alongwith the help of all the residents had a “Heritage Food-E-Ville” on Sunday 2nd March 2014 at the St. Isabels School grounds. This was the first ever Food Festival held with mouth watering snacks and dishes prepared by the residents. Besides the food stalls, there were group games …