Graffiti is a medium of cultural reflection of the society, often depicting the city's most pertinent emotions. Mumbai's walls have recently filled up with graffiti and murals about Covid-19; Deepak Turbhekar captures them and the emotions of the people of Maximum City
A couple walks under the Dadar station bridge, whose underbelly depicts a group of doctors performing surgery or treating a patient.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This wall in Santacruz symbolises the importance of vaccinating to stop the spread of the coronavirus, while the lady purposefully strides along.
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This aged barber has his set up outside Mahim station on the footpath and has been serving customers throughout the pandemic.
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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.
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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
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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.