A new occupant caught the eye in the centre of the bustling junction where CST and BMC reign supreme. All shiny and well-oiled, the symbol was the poster boy of Mumbai recently. One of them, (in case you haven’t guessed — the Make in India lions) moved into his vantage SoBo residence.

He’s got company. Of a different vintage though. Across the road, to the left of the machine-made version sits the ‘Lion of Britain’. A part of FW Stevens’ grand railway terminus, the lion has the ‘Tiger of India’ for company, to his left. The lion was installed to represent British interests in India, while the tiger was designed to represent the national symbol of India. Both felines watch over as guardians to the office block of the Chhatrapati Shivaji (formerly Victoria) Terminus.