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Watercolour on paper of Victoria Terminal Station in a monsoon

Detail of 1970 map of Bombay

The message suggests a safe space to anchor a place to spend the winter: “Endroit ou l’on hiverne” (place where one winters).

"World One 3" by Smokingsingh - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_One_3.jpg#/media/File:World_One_3.jpg

Zoomed-in view of the railway station in Mumbai

A zoom out showing the areas not included in the map, including Salsette, Trombay, Kurla, or modern day Bandra Hill

A zoom out showing the areas not included in the map, including Salsette, Trombay, Kurla, or modern day Bandra Hill

Zoomed in view of map, showing green park regions

This portion of the map features the rather large advertisement by HP Gas. Note that it is written in both English and “Hinglish” but features Indian persons, and so is aimed towards a multilingual Mumbaikar community.