A recent initiative to name a municipal park in Bandra in the memory of Darryl D’Monte came as a pleasant surprise to the late journalist’s family. The idea had been put forward by some of the area’s citizens and local corporator Asif Zakaria. “We were informed after they got it passed by the corporation, and it made us really happy,” shares Samir D’Monte, Darryl D’Monte’s son. “My father was very active in the locality and in founding Celebrate Bandra. He was also active in citizen movements like re-doing the promenades of Bandstand and Carter Road.”

On July 11, two years after the noted journalist and environment crusader passed away at the age of 75, Bandra locals along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) named a garden in the suburb’s D’Monte Street after him. It is now called the ‘Darryl D’Monte Garden’. The move was in recognition of his contribution to the Bandra neighbourhood, to the city, and also for the cause of the environment, according to the plaque.