It was a small restaurant interestingly named ‘ chai pe
charcha’ ~ more interestingly, a board on food table read : ‘Some of our
servers are hearing and speech impaired’ – we call them Sign experts – please be
patient and show your skills’.
The place of stay on 2nd
Feb 2017 was room on 19th floor of a 27 storeyed building in
Prabhadevi; outside one could many skyscrapers, something of them under construction
. .. .. .. here is something
collated. Elphinstone Road is a railway
station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway in Mumbai, named
after Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay from 1853 to 1860. A footbridge links Elphinstone Road to Parel
station on the Central Line.
Web search reveals that - Lord
Elphinstone is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created by King James IV in 1510 for Sir
Alexander Elphinstone of Elphinstone, who was killed at the Battle of Flodden
three years later. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, killed at the
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547. In that
family came - John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone
GCB GCH PC (1807 – 1860) a Scottish soldier, politician and colonial
administrator. He was twice elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom as
a Scottish Representative peer, his political career also included the
governorships of Madras and of Bombay.
After renaming Oshiwara,
an upcoming railway station in the Western line of Mumbai suburban railway, to
Ram Mandir, the Maharashtra Government recently passed a resolution to change the name of
Elphinstone Road railway station to Prabhadevi. The details for change in name
has been sent to the Ministry of Railways in Delhi. Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis had proposed to rename Elphinstone Road station to
Prabhadevi. The proposal was passed by an all party MLA resolution in the state
assembly.
Media reports suggest that
political parties of the State have been demanding change of names of three more
Mumbai suburban railway stations: Dadar railway station to Chaityabhumi, Grant
Road railway station to August Kranti and Charni Road railway station to
Gaondevi.
Prabhadevi is a small
up-scale southern neighbourhood of Mumbai, situated between the Shivaji Park
Residential Zone to the north and Worli to the south and the Arabian Sea to the
west. It is a thriving residential district with high-rise buildings built in
recent years; the major landmark is the famous Siddhivinayak Temple dedicated
to Lord Ganesha.
Sure, there would be so
many restaurants and eateries big and small in this locality as existing in
other places – this small one has a rickety auto rickshaw placed inside serving
as food table. On the other food table,
there are games painted and a couple were happily rolling ‘dais’ as they waited
for their vadapav or something else ordered. I could not find any ‘sign expert’
– however the food was tasty and atmosphere interesting ! and hence the post.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
5th Feb 2017.
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