Our wanderings and perceptions

Malarodu malar ingu magizhnthaadum pothu Manathodu manam ingu pagai kolvatheno Madham ennum madham oayattum Dhesam malar meethu thuyil kollattum These words of Vairamuthu rewinds our memories back to Manirathnam's movie - Bombay. Bombay now know as Mumbai is not just a terror struck place, India's money market, largest cosmopolitan city of the country but also has its own heritage. One such place is the Sion fort. Sion area is in the center of Mumbai and mingles with both the old south Mumbai and the industrialized northern part. Sion fort stands on a small hillock bearing history to pre-independence days, built by British east India company. Children throng the fort over weekends.. View from the top of the fort.. This fort can be easily reached being just 500 meters away from the Sion railway station. What we see if a worn away structure. A path way leads us to the fort. No restoration has been done so one can see ruined wall and s...