Rasheed Kappan
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Multimedia journalist, artist, designer. Podcaster, features at Deccan Herald, NewsLaundry, The Hindu, Federal,Probe. Cartoonist, satirist, graphic designer.
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HAIR PIN BENDS ON KOLLI HILLS: This fabulous drone shot of the Kolli Hills in Tamilnadu's Namakkal district by Abhishek Nath is out of the world!
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INCREDIBLE
#KARNATAKA
: A breathtaking aerial view of the mangroves of Saligrama in Udupi. Pix by Vinod KN
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#CHENNAI
FROM AIR! An absolute crazy shot of the Chennai shoreline. It's as if the shore has grabbed the bridge like a stick! Drone shot by DineshKumar JV.
#DroneIndia
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#IAmGauri
RALLY in
#Bengaluru
. Defamation suits against all? Bring them on, they say!
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DH EXCLUSIVE
#KicchaSudeep
speaks to
@DeccanHerald
on
#VikrantRona
, commercial success and finding his groove.
#Kannada
#Kannadacinema
#Sandalwood
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A brilliant capture by Sudhir Kumar. Pix taken in 2002, when the boulevard was still in place, untouched by the Metro on MG Road. Pix: Sudhir Kumar.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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AXED IN A HURRY-1
Decades-old trees on Old Airport Road
#Bengaluru
that marked HAL's green expanse being chopped 4 Signal-FreeCorridor no one asked 4! More heritage trees 2 b axed. Alternatives not considered, public not consulted. When will this end? ..2
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How NOT to do journalism! Arrogance, attitude, ignorance all rolled into one!
This is journalism of courage by
@aajtak
. Heckling the nurses and doctors and creating nuisance inside a hospital award. If they show even one hundredth of this aggression in questioning politicians, then it'd be quite an achievement.
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CUBBON PARK,
#BENGALURU
. This breathtaking aerial view of the city's iconic green space shows just why we should do everything to protect our cherished eco heritage. We don't want even a tree to be felled, inside or on the park's periphery.
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@AshwiniSahaya
@IsraelinIndia
@IDF
@TimesofIsrael
@Israel_katz
@USAmbIsrael
@narendramodi
@PMOIndia
Wannabe journalist without an iota of concern for what's happening on the ground in Gaza! Dig a bit and you will find 34,000 dead bodies, 3/4th of them innocent women and kids who had nothing to do with Hamas. The entire world is seeking a ceasefire to save the ppl there from
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#BENGALURU
AERIAL: This gorgeous aerial shot of the KR Puram cable-stayed bridge by Sunel Koti lets you forget the chaos underneath. Wish ground reality was as rosy as this fantastic pix.
#BengaluruAerial
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FINALLY, A TRAIN 2
#BENGALURU
AIRPORT!
Feb 2nd week'll see 1st train stop @ new halt statn, Kempegowda Int'l Airport. You cud take 1 of 4 existing trains @ Baiyappanahalli and reach KIA in 45 min. Pay just Rs 15!
Here's more
@DeccanHerald
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INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL! Aerial shot of
#Manjirabad
Fort in Sakleshpur,
#Karnataka
. Star-shaped fort built by Tipu with French tech, complete with all amenities, pool, tunnels underneath, watch towers. Pathetic maintenance today. Isn't this heritage? Pix: AakashPrabhu.
#DroneIndia
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A brilliant
#cartoon
by
@SatishAcharya
to reflect
#DipaKarmakar
's brilliant effort. A big, big salute, Dipa.
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A 1986 view of Jayanagar 4th Block, 9th Main, 33rd Cross. The landscape has been totally transformed as a concrete jungle today. Old timers remember those pleasant evening walks of yore. Pix: GiriTirumale.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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All those quitting Twitter starting a new network. Quitter?
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BREATHTAKING! An aerial view of the Metro stretch through the green Jayanagar stretch in
#Bengaluru
. Pix: Maddyvoldy
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AMAZING AERIALS: NANDI HILLS,
#BENGALURU
:
First of a series of absolutely amazing pix captured by a bunch of highly talented shutterbugs. This is by RajMohan, a Chennai-based wizard of drone visuals. The winding roads offers a breathtaking view from high above.
#AmazingAerials
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A 2006 picture of the city's iconic M G Road before the Metro pillars came to destroy its aesthetics forever. Pix: ShivaPrasadShetty.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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AMAZING: Married at 8, 20-yr-old Rupa from Rajasthan is all set to become a doctor! Cleared NEET with high rank
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DH CHANGEMAKERS 2022: RAVI KATPADI
From being a half-goat & half-demon 2 a Vampire & Hollywood superhero, daily-wager Ravi Katpadi has donned multiple costumes in last 7 years. But he does that 2 cover hospital costs of sick children from poor families.
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A 1960s view of the city's iconic MG Road. The stately Plaza building, the Ambies, Fiats and Standards and of course, the cyclist tells the story of a street ambience long gone.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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END OF A MUSICAL ERA
Padma Vibhushan, Pandit Jasraj, 99, renowned classical vocalist of the Mewati gharaana passes away. His musical career has spanned over 80 years.
#PanditJasraj
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CYCLING LANE on Old Airport Road, near Murugeshpalya. Motorbikes have now another option beyond footpaths. Pedestrians, cyclists, clear out! That's sustainable mobility for you in
#Bengaluru
!
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@anubhavsinha
@hatefreeworldX
Kunal Kamra in
Air India No-Fly List
As Air India in Everyone's
Never-Fly List!
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"WERE YOU ON ANOTHER PLANET when the election rallies were held?" Madras High Court asks Election Commission, holding it singularly responsible for the
#Covid
-19 Second Wave.
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BENGALURU NOSTALGIA: A bygone view of the 4th main boulevard in Jayanagar, before concrete structures destroyed the view forever. Pix: Bhagya Prakash
#BengaluruNostalgia
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#BENGALURU
FROM THE SKY: An absolutely gorgeous sun-lit shot of Vidhana Soudha, taken sometime in the early 2000s.
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In
#Kerala
, a
#Zomato
delivery boy could be a Kutty.
He could be Krishnan Kutty, George Kutty or Ibrahim Kutty. No one asks for his First Name!
#IDontStandWithAmit
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: The long-gone BTS Double Deckers. It was a delight to sit on top and watch it amble through the city's mostly traffic-free roads. Wish they had continued this along a few routes. This 1993 pix by Willem Alink.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A 1983 view of Indiranagar 100 Ft Road, when it was absolutely untouched by rampant commercialisation and chaotic traffic that defines the road today. Pix:
@DeccanHerald
#70YearsOfDH
#BengaluruNostalgia
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DH CHANGEMAKERS 2022: MOHD KALEEMULLA
Deeply attached 2 heritage, local history & culture, 69-old retired high school teacher Mohammed Kaleemulla
has renovated 4 dilapidated temples of historical importance in
#Karnataka
's Mandya district; is on a mission to renovate many more.
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#NiravModi
will be brought back to India in 7 phases from April 11 to May 19 😎😎
#NiravArrested
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@surajitdasgupta
Entire Kerala celebrated Argentinian victory in World Cup. Not one Argentine lives in Kerala!
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: Double Deckers started service in 1968, although there was one even in the late 1950s. Check the exemplary discipline of commuters as they queue up to board. Pix: Prajavani
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SAVAGE FLOODS: These dramatic before and after images of a house in Pathanamthitta District show the extent of the
#KeralaFloods
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COCONUT, COCONUT. Capturing it from this angle was absolutely overwhelming! Taken right from heart of God's Own Country,
#Kerala
:)
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'DEAD' LINES OF
#BENGALURU
METRO! COMPLETES JUST 42.3km in 13 YEARS!
As Delhi, Hyderabad & Kochi Metros forge ahead, spreadg tentacles far n wide, Namma Metro is stuck with a mere 42.3 km, aftr construction kicked off on Apr 15, 2007!
Here's why & more:
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: MG Road, b4 Metro pillars destroyed the iconic boulevard. Nostalgia's abt remembering those bygone days b4 infra brigade demolished the city's aesthetics. Metro shud've gone underground at least on dis iconic stretch. Pix: ShashiGunduRao.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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TIME TO TREND
#BengaluruRains
. Requesting all Bengalureans to tweet pictures of flooded roads, houses, people's miseries.
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Piloted by an all - women cockpit crew, a 17-hour Non-stop San Francisco - Bengaluru flight landed at 3.07am on Monday, creating aviation history. This
@airindiain
flight was world's 2nd longest nonstop flight. Tumultuous welcome at
#Bengaluru
Airport.
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@KanishkaDadhich
Sanghi minds. So simple, uncomplicated. Pure, unadulterated hate for an entire people. So cute!
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MOTHER OF ALL SELFIES! This picture took my breath away with its adorable cuteness. Let's forget all our differences for a moment and smile for these little ones 😊
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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM just got CARRIED AWAY 😉
#Bengaluru
’s boring Tuesday night traffic just needed this elephantine cargo to crack up some funny bones.
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@balajidbv
Guess you conveniently ignored the plans for a national NRC then, and the CAA-NRC chronology announcement in the Parliament by the Home Minister. That's what triggered the protests and not just CAA.
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A 1986 view of the Jayanagar Shopping Complex as seen from the RV Engg College rooftop. That lush greenery, wide footpath, virtually traffic-free road scene are now gone forever. Pix: GiriTirumale.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: Here's how Krishna Rajendra Road (K R Road) looked in 1967. Massive tree-lined roads were a tradition cherished with much pride.
#DHTimeTravel
#BengaluruNostalgia
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: Lalbagh Rock, 1791. The rock is estimated to be 3.4 billion years old by the Geological Survey of India. Earth's age is 4.5 billion years. This Watercolour painting was drawn on the spot by R.H. Colebrooke. Source: BritishLibrary.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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NANDI HILLS ROAD, AT NIGHT. A spectacular drone shot of the lit up road winding down Nandi Hills. Captured by Mayank Tiwari.
#Bengaluru
#BengaluruAerial
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See the awesome figure of Krishna that was made with snow at the Harbin International Ice And Snow festival in China
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Telugu guy: Which State is
#PVSindhu
from? Andhra or Telangana?
Indian: Leave her alone, she's now in a Happy State!
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: An old, British-era view of South Parade (now, M G Road) from Trinity Circle / Trinity Church. Pix sourced by NareshNarasimhan
#BengaluruNostalgia
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The first woman IPS officer from Kashmir Valley: Ruveda Salam
http://t.co/fq5d9EYReK
http://t.co/auvxX4ApZd
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VEGETABLE GARDEN,
#MEGHALAYA
: A zillion shades of green and blue wallows in endless diversity as a drone takes off to capture some absolutely brilliant hues from the interiors of the North East. Pix: Sachin Sharma
#DroneIndia
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@Geethak_MP
Anything beyond your circle of privilege qualifies to be the target of ridicule! Either it is the last name or the first name to activate that inbuilt toolkit of Hate!
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#BENGALURU
AIRPORT TRAIN: Here's a simplified ready reckoner for all those who want to take a train ride to Kempegowda International Airport
@BLRAirport
. Operates on all days except Sundays. Credit: Deccan Herald (DH) Graphics.
@DeccanHerald
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@Sassy_Hindu
@ANI
This award has nothing to do with the DadaSaheb Phalke Awards presented since 1964. This film has won the DadaSaheb Phalke International Festival award, the first of which was presented in 2016.
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@CdnFreedomGirl
@netanyahu
@JustinTrudeau
Killing 11,000, 3/4ths of them innocent kids and women to avenge 1,200 deaths might be your sense of justice. Using 'Nazi' will not clean the conscience. The human shield excuse becomes utterly lame, when you carpet bomb entire residential areas, hospitals, schools, ambulances.
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IT'S A FORT, IT'S AN ISLAND, IT'S Murud-Janjira: A breathtaking drone shot of the Fort located on an island just off the coastal village of Murud, in Raigad district,
#Maharashtra
. Considered one of India's strongest marine forts. Pix: AnimeshKshatriya
#DroneIndia
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#BENGALURU
AIRPORT 2 USE 100% RENEWABLE POWER BY 2020-end. Already uses 50 Million Units of Solar Power. To also not rely on city for water. Instead will get thru rainwater, reuse of treated water.
@BLRAirport
Here's more:
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DOUBLE STANDARDS: Rs 500 fine if you spit in
#Kannada
, only Rs 100 if you spit in English. Sign at
#Bengaluru
's Banashankari bus stand. Unfair 😂😂
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KAPPAN'SAUCER: Finally, My Debut as a Columnist!
Here's my new avatar in DH.
Spurred by an ancient, survivalist instinct, we join a daily, ritualistic odyssey to our workplaces. But in that rush to earn our bread and butter, we often get stuck in jam!
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INSPIRING:Rickshaw puller Bablu Shekh pulls girl away frm suicide.8 yrs later, as doctor,she saves him,calls him dad!
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#BENGALURU
, FROM THE SKY: An absolute, aerial beauty shot of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and its picturesque, green campus. Carefully nurtured urban forestry here has lifted the groundwater table substantially. Pix: SunilKedia post
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BREAKING: BRIGADE ROAD, COMMERCIAL STREET, to be PEDESTRIAN ROADS.
#Karnataka
CM announces that these two roads will be upgraded and pedestrianised on lines of Church Street.
#KarnatakaBudget2019
.
@DeccanHerald
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BENGALURU NOSTALGIA: A glimpse of MG Road,1967, with bygone Liberty Cinema in foreground. Liberty was Crystal Picture Palace in early 1900s. Renamed to honour India's Independence. Pix sourced by PaulRaja as screen grab from Tamil film 'Athey Kangal.'
#BengaluruNostalgia
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WAY OUT OF
#BENGALURU
'S RECURRING WATER CRISIS
Record rains in 2021 waterlogged city's roads, flooded sewers. Harvesting it wd've helpd city avert any summer water crisis. With annual avg 787mm rain,it cd hv easily met 18TMCft yearly demand.
@DeccanHerald
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NAMMA METRO all set 2 take
#Bengaluru
commuters 2 Jayanagar,1 of city's greenest areas. Opening 2 public on Sunday, 4 pm. Pix: Maddyvoldy
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: This British-era pix of MG Road (known till 1948 as South Parade) is ethereal.
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#BENGALURU
ROADSCAPES: Another street upgraded under
#TenderSURE
. Hope BBMP, BWSSB coordinate 2 ensure these roads stay this way for long.
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BREAKING NEWS: Dead elephant identified as Hindu, cracker as Muslim & pineapple as Communist. Sources confirmed killing part of project 2 kill 12 elephants evry week at panchayat level 2 sync with Menaka's data of 600 killings/yr.
#IStandWithMalappuram
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BAIYAPPANAHALLI - ELECTRONICS CITY IN 35 MINUTES! A trial commute on the newly introduced DEMU train in
#Bengaluru
showed just how easy n cheap it can get.
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This girl had nothing but a dumpd political flag 2 cover her brother.
#Bengaluru
footpath.
@tinucherian
@v_shakthi
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Bengaluru has been waiting for a Suburban Rail system for so many years that they should call it...
Sub-Harappan Railway!
#Bengaluru
#Suburban
#Railways
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@erbmjha
When you can't counter him with facts, use a rhetoric-journalist to get personal. Last heard, this RW scribe was in safe Tel Aviv as an embedded journo, claiming she was reporting from a conflict zone! As for the Oxford talk, listen to how Prashant Bhushan demolished her
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NOSTALGIA: Mysore Governor VVGiri garlands
#Jayalalithaa
at a program in
#Bengaluru
. A rare picture
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@MajorPoonia
Malala barely survived a terror attack, n fully knows what that means. But unlike govt mouthpieces tweeting inanities, she championed the cause of suffering kids. She's clearly in a different league frm hatemongers without a shred of humanism, ppl who cant c beyond faith filters.
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: Majestic area, 1983, before the crowds and the half-ringed bus station came in.
#BengaluruNostalgia
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DRISHYAM2 is another masterclass in acting, gripping storyline that does justice to the first part and an ensemble cast weaving just the right stage for
#Mohanlal
's assured, breezy encore as that crafty schemer for a cause. This is a must watch.
#Drishyam2
#Drishyam2OnPrime
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FANTASTIC VIEW: Dis aerial view of Vidhana Soudha,
#Bengaluru
is awesome. Metro station altered this view a bit, but old charm still intact.
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#BENGALURU
NOSTALGIA: A stroll on the MG Road Boulevard was the ultimate joy before the Metro pillars came in. 1990. Pix: NJ Ravichander
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GUESS THIS MUMBAI ROUNDABOUT: A stunning drone shot of an iconic spot in
#Mumbai
. Captured with superb composition and detail by RakeshKumarMartha.
#DroneIndia
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