Rafeeq ellias biography sample

Dhobi Talao, Mumbai. It’s more than 50 years since the talao or the pond went off the map and dhobis or washermen ceased to work here but the name, the neighbourhood, stands testimony to Bombay that once used to be and is now undergoing a rapid transformation. Off one of the exits of Marine Lines suburban railway station and the Our Lady of Dolours Church, lies Dhobi Talao. It’s a geographical area but it’s also an emotion, a mood, that’s hard to find elsewhere in the city.

Here, time slows down, unlike in the frenzied city. Beside the church is the good old Edward Restaurant, a well-patronised Irani cafe famous for its ‘Bombay style’ green kheema-pav and other delicacies. Among the regulars is filmmaker and photographer Rafeeq Ellias, 74, a known face in this area. We meet at the restaurant. He prefers this over the other Irani restaurants around the area that are a part of the “tourist circuit”. “Edward Restaurant is visited by the young and the old of this neighbourhood an Biography sample for work!