This writer misses the resplendent environs of Rani Baug, where Dr Bhau Daji Lad (BDL) Mumbai City Museum is lodged. When amidst its assemblage, one can’t help but gape at the Corinthian columns, iron palisades, Minton tiles and gold gilding. No digital archive equals the physical presence of the impalpable, but does it complement the experience? Yes, especially in the face of crises.

Tasneem Mehta