The walk began in Malabar Hill, at Hanging Gardens where one of the earliest city’s reservoir was constructed in 1880s.
As an on-ground exploration of our Spotlight Sea of Stories in July 2022, Sarmaya organised a unique heritage walk in Mumbai led by Akanksha Gupta. The documentary filmmaker took a small group of our guests on a 90-minute walk through parts of South Mumbai as she traced the routes that water takes to reach our homes. It was a fresh lens through which to understand the Maximum City, one that touched upon its colonial past, centuries of migration, politics and water mafia, and issues of citizenship.
View of Mumbai from Hanging Gardens
Akanksha Gupta is a documentary filmmaker who is simply fascinated by the complexities that a city comprises. While there is chaos, nothing is random. Everything has a story, a past and a consequence. Her films explore these ideas. Designing this walk was an extension of Akanksha’s exploration of cities, systems, politics and people.
The walk concluded at the site of the Dhobhi Talao aka Framjee Cowasjee Tank
