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  1. Here’s a #postcard showing the #Rajabai Clock Tower of the University of #Mumbai

    This was modelled on the Palace of Westminster, London, and designed by George Gilbert Scott. It is part of a #UNESCO World heritage Site and houses the University Library. It was paid for by Premchand Roychand, a Mumbai magnate, and named in honour of his mother

    #India
    #HigherEducationPostcard
    #HigherEducation

  2. Today is #Navroz2023 #PersianNewYear an ancient non #Islamic #Festival still celebrated in #Iran with fervor.

    As most of the followers of #Zoroastrian #Religion live in #Mumbai #Bombay #India it is also celebrated here with a public #Holiday to enable #Parsees (as they are known here) to celebrate the #Festival

    This c1620 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Manohar II of #Navroz Darbar of #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir from Cary Welch collection now at #Harvard Library

    #Art #IndianHeritage

  3. Not all plants are weeds. Not all introduced species are invasive. And even the so called 'notorious' invasives support native wildlife in the ecologically disturbed habitats of our great cities.

    📸 30 MAR 2023 (11:49 hrs.) near #mulund East, #mumbai.

    #naturalhistory #MumbaiUnseen #wildlife #invasiveplants #invasives #weedscience

  4. This is a short but fascinating read: The Macabre Legacy of Bombay's Sky Burial Towers. You'll learn about Zoroastrian burial practices and what happens when the vulture population suddenly declines sharply.

    messynessychic.com/2023/06/27/

    #India #Mumbai #TowersOfSilence #Zoroastrian #Zoroastrianism #Vulture

  5. CW: Bookish Advent Day 4 Tags: Mental Health, Dark Humour, Indian Middle Class Family

    #bookishAdvent Day 4
    Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto

    This the raw-est account you'll find on #mentalheaIth in #india. #psychiatricdiseases especially, that too in a #middleclass family in #mumbai .But this is also #witty and there's occasional #warmth as well. For such a small book, there's so much said without saying.
    @bookstodon #bookstodon #reading