Week 6: From Dilli to Mumbai

Chirag Dilli My last day in Dilli I was invited to lunch at a friend's house in an old Muslim neighborhood, Chirag Dilli. 30 family members living on 5 floors together!	Mosque or playground? Children of Chirag Dilli scampering over the ruins of an abandoned mosque	Keshav and Puja Puja (L) and Keshav (R), son and daughter of my friend Manoj, the taxi stand operator
Mumbai! The 'Beverly Hills' of Mumbai, Malabar Hills, as seen from Nariman Point, downtown.	Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas The grounds of the 3rd annual conference for NRIs -- non-resident Indians	Pravasi nummies1 Mini Uttapams, a South Indian bread made from naturally leavened (yeast free!) dough
Pravasi pappadums More oral bliss!	Pravasi mithai A sweet touch to help digest -- kinda looks like sushi!	View from the flat I'm living with my Aunt and Uncle in Malabar Hills, home to the rich Bollywood types. Check out the view!
Booty Gel? Ayurvedic, uh, 'skin cream'	Gateway of India One of the most famous of Mumbai's monuments, erected in 1911 to impress rich Brits (namely George V and Queen Mary...)	Gateway of India Detail of this spectacular monument
The Taj Hotel Located just West of the Gateway; this is one of the oldest and most elegant Hotels in Mumbai...	The Taj (from inside) The beautiful underbelly of the red dome in the previous picture	Sivaji Sivaji is the swashbuckling hero of Maharashtra, the state in which Mumbai is located.
Rags and riches Mumbai: 12 million people; 6 of which are slum dwellers. Rags and riches, side by side...