Agni-V was test fired, Kolkata Knight Riders trounced Kings XI Punjab, and for a small section, it was remembered as World Heritage Day Now, we must digress. Summer’s arrived. In the 1800s, Mumbai’s founding fathers had ensured that the commoner, animals and birds were able to take succour from the heat with countless pyaavs (water tanks) and water fountains built along street corners and road junctions.

A crow takes a bath at Flora Fountain. Pic/Bipin Kokate