wow. never seen this pic before.

It is quite possible that the building may still be there hidden away in East Byculla. The Parsi settlements called Jer Baug and Rustom Park are still there in their ancient looking tenements on St Savta Road. I won't be surprised if the present day Masina Hospital which houses the only burn-center worth its name in Bombay. The hospital compound is tucked away in a green cover amid dusty, rusty and ramshackle surroundings. St Savta Street is a major plywood market. The street, later as it moves towards the Port Trust land gives you the most shocking experience in Bombay. I doubt if there is a parallel to the subhuman conditions in which the people there live. The small but intensely populated slum life is on full display in all its splendour for anyone to see who cares to take this road. By the way, a wiki entry says that the building which hoses the Masina Hospital once played host to Queen Victoria who actually lived there on her trip to Bombay. Could it be the same building as we see in this picture? If it was once owned by a Parsi gentleman, this must be it and Masina Hospital will have tales to tell about it. May be I will take that trip one day to find out (if I can find a place to park my car).

Let's do it togather i am willing to be your Chauffeur.

Yeah, lets do it, "to" you, "fro" me drive. Deepak can join the bandwagon.

@Digvijay... You have seen that place once, just in d passing though...& also parked your car in d adjoining lane, when we had our lunch in Byculla.

@ Rafiq: I had no idea that i was so near such a historic place that day. But the lunch at Persian Durbar was delectable and memorable all right.Let's go to the one at Bandra too soonest.Raan rice AGAIN.

Sure Shekhar why not and of course Deepak can join in too.I believe you are in Chembur.Wish we could meet the day I had met Deepak few weeks back.We'd had a ball.

Ah...a wonderful article by our celebrated art-critic Deepika Sorabjee ! One of the earliest members of RBSI.