1. What interested you about the balconiesu00a0of Mumbai?
Architecture defines a city in many ways; one gets a sense of the history, culture and people. Our city’s architecture dates back to centuries; we get an amazing sense of time. These balconies represent that huge, spectacular diversity and they are telling us a story of this city. And, I would like to tell that story. Because of our climate, we are a balcony city and surprisingly, no one thought of working on it before (the first edition of this book was out 11 years back).

Ayesha Taleyarkhan stands outside one of her favourite older bungalows in the city at Mazagaon. Pic/Dhara Vora