1. MUMBAI
Where to fi,nd afew
quietmomentsi,n
Indi,a's brashest city
With its imposing monu-
ments, chaotic streets and
bustling beaches, Mumbar
doesn't conceal its ambitions
or its flaws. Amongthe bold-
est declarations of Mumbai's
immodesty are a golden-hued
7S-storey Trump Tower (now
in the planning stages) and
the 27-storeyprivate home of
Muk esh Ambani. The current
building boom has dropped
shi.ny new malls in former
industrial. zones and planted
sleek towers alongside slums.
But the city's older plea-
sures are enduring, includ-
ing the excellent restaurants
in the historical quarter. In
Mumbai you can still turn a
busy downtown corner and
stumble into a waterfront
fi.shingvillage. You can survey
it all from a rooftop restaurant
near Chowpatty beach or in
a caf6 in Bandra West. Even
the way of doinglaundry-
brought from all over the city
to be washed in Dhobi Ghat-
is a spectacle.
On narrow stTeets in southern Mumbai, Khotachiwadi's Portuguese-style
bungatows are under threat by encroaching devetopment-so see this
adorable neighbourhood white you can.
The walkabte Kala Ghoda art
district in South Mumbai is home
to the institutiona[ (the National
Callery of Modern Art) and the
independent (Callery Maskara).
1. Spruce up your watls with vin-
tage BoLlywood posters from Chor
Bazaar, a sprawting fLea market.
2. Pick up Tiffin containers, used
by dabbawatlas to deliver hot
[unches, at Crawford Market.
NeeI atTote on the Turf special-
izes in upscale Indian food with rich
Hyderabadi ftavours. The design,
by architects Chris Lee and Kapil
Gupta, is minimalist chic. thetote.in
The Taj Mahat
Palace looks over
the Arabian Sea
[ike a maharaja
surveying his
kingdom. From
5500 per night.
tajhoteLs.com
Part of the Watkeshwar Temple
comptex, the historic Banganga
water tank, buitt in 1122 is tucked
away in the afftuent MaLabar
HiLL neighbourhood. lt's a holy
ptace for Hindus and was a
spring for the Canges according
to locai mythology.
20-hour
ftight from
Toronto
Pearson
Rooshad Shroff
is an architect
and designer
wno oraws
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from traditional
lndian craft.
He desioned
the Christian
Louboutin stores
in Mumbai and
Bangkok.
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