A Mumbai-style drive-thru provides a solution to keeping dry while ordering dinner. Mumbai, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2013
I was recently in Mumbai as the monsoon arrived there on its march towards Delhi and the northern plains. Mumbai has suffered from its fair share of flooding in recent years. In July 2005, an incredible 944mm fell over the course of a 24-hour period. There is of course a persistent fear that such a deluge might occur again. But I witnessed only a stoical sense of business-as-usual when the first drops of rain fell and the cruel summer sun at last fell behind dark clouds.
Umbrellas in central Mumbai, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2013
Conversation on the streets of Mumbai as the rain begins to fall. Mumbai, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2013
Umbrellas aloft as the rain begins to pour. Mumbai, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2013