BOMBAY NIGHTS RAMZAN POETRY & PHOTOGRAPHY CRAWL

The Bombay Nights Ramzan Poetry Crawl & Photography Tour

Bombay(Mumbai) is a city in which Yash, a documentary photographer, was born and raised. He never imagined that one day he would be documenting this city from scratch. He has been documenting this city for the last 8 years, and works across many projects. Bombay Nights is one of them. It’s a project about documenting the night life in this city. He leaves home after sunset and continues documenting this city till the next day’s sunrise. Honestly, he was surprised by these night walks. This city never sleeps. There’s always something going on in the corners of this city. 

Saranya Subramanian runs The Bombay Poetry Crawl, an archival research space dedicated to the 20th century Bombay poets. The idea is to bring different neighbourhoods to life through the poets - Sion & Versova Koliwada, Sassoon Docks through Adil Jussawalla’s Shorelines, Mira Road through Nida Fazli, Kala Ghoda through Arun Kolatkar, Santacruz through Eunice de Souza’s Fix, Bandra West through Meena Kumari’s shayari, abandoned Parel & Byculla mills through Narayan Surve, Keshav Meshram, Kamathipura through Namdeo Dhasal & Mallika Amar Sheikh, Madanpura through Kaifi Azmi and Sahir, the local train ladies’ compartment through Arundhathi Subramaniam, Soyarabai…to name a few! Through research, active walking, and expansive conversations, Saranya aims to understand what The Poet’s City is. 

The Bombay Nights Ramzan Poetry & Photography Tour is a collaboration of photography and poetry, the visual and written word, the liminal hour between dusk and night. During the holy month or Ramzan, we will be walking through the most alive parts of the city on 22nd March which will start at around 7pm and will end at 11.00pm. Together, we will roam & document the different iconic markets of this city for 4 hours. Do join Yash and Saranya on this adventure.

ITINERARY FOR THE BOMBAY NIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR

Our meeting point would be Dadar Station(w) outside Suvidha Store, at 7pm on 22 March 2025.

From there we take a train towards the Grant Road Station, while taking photos and reading poetry inside the train.

From 7:30pm to 11:00 pm, we explore & document iconic places such as Do taanki, Pydhoonie, Bhendi Bazzar, Dongri, M. Ali Road, Crawford Market, CSMT. At these various locations, we will read iconic poems by the 20th century poets such as Imtiaz Dharker, Kaifi Azmi, Mallika Amar Shaikh, Namdeo Dhasal, Arun Kolatkar, Melanie Silgardo, Eunice de Souza, Narayan Surve…and others.

Our plan is to reach Azad Maidan by 11pm, From there, We walk towards Churchgate station to take a last train for home. 

Requirements For This Tour

This walk is suited for Photographers, Filmmakers, and Writers

Small camera with fixed focal lens or wide angle lens.

Shoot with whatever you feel comfortable with. Camera, Mobile phone, if you just want to observe with your eyes, you can do that too. 

Good walking shoes.

As many fully charged camera batteries you can carry.

First aid kit, if you are on any medication or treatment, Please consider your doctor before joining.

Travel as light as you can

Relief Spray

Water Bottle

Power Bank