Mumbai graffiti captures the mood of Maximum City

A couple walks under the Dadar station bridge, whose underbelly depicts a group of doctors performing surgery or treating a patient.

Mother holding her son's hand while climbing a railway bridge in Mahim against the backdrop of a masked up healthcare worker. Pre-pandemic, this was one of the busiest civilian bridges as people rushed to catch the local trains.

Masks save lives. A mask doubles up as the baby sparrows' nest in this mural. A BMC worker goes by his day cleaning the footpath near Matunga Five Gardens one early morning.

In Matunga, depicting the dangers of spitting during the coronavirus pandemic, a menace that BMC and other city corporations have tried and failed to contain in the pre-pandemic era too. Spitting was made a punitive offence in many cities to rein in the spread of the virus, but ironically, the graffiti is painted over with red spatter too.

The real heroes dont wear capes. A medical worker beautifully captured as she juxtaposed against a pair of wings on the wall outside Sion Hospital.

Do the right thing. Wear a mask. Graffiti and murals using masked up frontline workers to encourage civil society to do the right thing was a common theme on the walls of Mumbai.

This wall in Santacruz symbolises the importance of vaccinating to stop the spread of the coronavirus, while the lady purposefully strides along.

This aged barber has his set up outside Mahim station on the footpath and has been serving customers throughout the pandemic.

A cyclist goes on his way while the city salutes the heroes of the pandemic, the laborers, police, doctor, medical staff, BMC workers, a postman. The blue signifying new hope.

A man pushes his handcart as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Michelangelo's David wear masks extolling in Marathi (Wear mask, stop Carona infection) near JJ hospital

People on their way to work against a mural depicting people from different religions in masks, and with a message to wear masks, wash hands and maintain social distance, outside Byculla station.