Queen’s necklace

Just an ordinary city shot taken along the queen’s necklace in Marine drive.

Marine drive is a 3-kilometre-long boulevard in South Mumbai in the city of Mumbai. It is an inverted ‘C’-shaped six-lane concrete road along the coast, which is a natural bay. The road links Nariman Point to Babulnath and Malabar Hill. Marine Drive is also known as the Queen’s Necklace because if viewed at night from an elevated point anywhere along the drive, the street lights resemble a string of pearls. It is also the world’s largest viewing gallery and hence has been a host to a number of events that take place along the promenade.

Frontier trivia the day:

English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political and commercial communications. Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people.

The Taj Hotel

Ah there! The lovely massive building called the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. The Taj Hotel blends the Rajput, Renaissance and Gothic architecture. It was constructed in 1903 by the Industrialist Jamshetji Tata to provide Indians with a sophisticated meeting place which was denied them by the British.

Frontier trivia the day:

climate in India varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north (where I froze, shivering :-D)