We’re done with our working lunch: home-styled Chicken Biryani and Pallonji’s Raspberry flavoured soda at the iconic Café Military — a stone’s throw away from Horniman Circle.

My curiosity to revisit this beautiful reminder of the city’s varied stunning architectural styles is fuelled by Deepak Rao, city historian, author and archivist. “This was a site within the Fort, a large open space in the centre known as the Bombay Green that was exactly behind the Bombay Castle.