A view from atop Worli fort

When you think of Mumbai, you think Maximum City. Can one associate it with villages? Yet, in pockets of the metropolis are villages where much of life is exactly like it used to be 100 years ago, while a bit of the crazy-paced city life also peeks in. This thought occurs to me as we (my 11-year-old daughter Vani and nine-year-old son Ammol) walk through narrow lanes that are flanked by homes where you see century-old doors along with tiny kirana shops that stock everything from achaar to Zarbombs.