Tag Results: Bombay
History Daily
India’s Most Fragile World Heritage Building
While all eyes are on Paris and the devastation of #NotreDame, on #WorldHeritageDay we take a look at India’s most fragile world heritage building – Mumbai’s Watson’s Hotel. Now in danger of collapsing, it was once the toast of Bombay’s high society. Today, it is an astonishing example of apathy but a battle we have to fight!
History Daily
Bombay and the ‘Other’ Kipling
Often in the shadow of his famous son, John Lockwood Kipling will always be intimately linked to the city of Mumbai. Catch the story of a youngster who couldn’t get India off his mind and as an architectural sculptor left a glorious legacy set in stone.
Living History
The Bombay School: Redefining Art In Colonial India
Explore how Mumbai’s Sir JJ School of Art shaped art in India in the 19th and 20th centuries with a blend of Western techniques and Indian aesthetics @sirjjfineart
