Mumbai's new Tourist Hotspot - The MAHIM Wall

Refreshing, unique , Unexpected, Witty , creative, fun, must see, Colorful, clean -- i think there is hardly anything in Mumbai, let alone the tourist spots which fit can fit into all of the above adjectives. But those are some adjectives which exactly fit the "About to be Tourist Hotspot of Mumbai - The MAHIM GRAFFITI WALL"

In a move to beautify the
city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation invited citizens to paint
graffiti on walls owned by the civic corporation, and on INdependence
Day, people responded with enthusiasm.

BMC had approached the
Wall Project, a Mumbai-based group specialising in graffiti painting,
to decorate the 3-km wall from Mahim to Dadar railway station along the
Tulsi Pipe road with grafitti. Around 200 artists and also novices in
handling the brush came forward to showcase their talents on the huge
canvas on August 15. The artists are expected to complete the stretch
by August 16.

The result is amazing -- a colorful, witty (ok please refer to begin of page for the adjectives). Here are some images -











However images cant capture this nor can words and this is something
must see and my personal favorite on the wall was this message -
" I have and open mind doesnt mean u can fill it with Rubbish"

My twobits on the initiative -

1. Am I in Mumbai, was this BMC, Ooh My god!!!
2. Next stage is to give entire road stretches to Companies and ask them to maintain/ beutify them in return for "Free" Advt. space on that road for 5-10 years -- imagine a "Tide' road which is Clean and spotless maintained by the company -- win -win for advertisers and BMC
   

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