Gopal MS lives in the present. He is excited about the ever-changing nature of Mumbai and makes no conscious attempt to find out about the history of the place he is photographing. "I'm not into nostalgia," he says. His feed reflects that too.

For 10 years, the 46-year-old ad executive, has been documenting everyday life in the city as Mumbai Paused. What started as a blog in 2009 has taken a life of its own on Instagram. Every day, religiously, Gopal posts snapshots of what he sees around him. The blog continues to exist but, clearly, the action has shifted to Instagram where the posts go up, fast and furious, often with a caption not exceeding a few words, or, sometimes with just a hashtag. The posts don't look longingly to the city of the past. Neither do they aim to aesthetically please. Each one showcases a slice of life, something extraordinary in its ordinariness. On weekday mornings, Gopal takes an early train from Vashi, where he lives, to Wadala, Sewri or Cotton Green. From there he walks to work in Lower Parel. "I try to take a different route every day," he says. With the dense web of bylanes spread out in these neighbourhoods, he's never out of options. Gopal's lack of interest in history, doesn't mean he isn't aware of the stories behind what he captures.