City of Structures: Mumbai VT

 Windows are beautiful. Sometimes small, sometimes sleek, and most often transparent; these windows tell many stories. They become metaphors for freedom, liberation, or, at times, the last glimmer of hope in imagination and literature. Sometimes, from the sanctuary of sanity, they offer a peek into the insanity of the world outside, while other times, they open up from claustrophobic rooms to the serene breeze of the world outside.

Unfortunately, in most cities, these wonderful pieces of architecture are never opened. They remain shut and covered, due to the fear of pollution, the fear of noise, and the fear of prying eyes, reducing them to mere wall decorations.

However, during the night, fortunately, the walls that hold these windows seem to vanish, and like jewels in the dark, these little sleek, transparent pieces of imagination start to shine in the night city sky. Illuminated from within, these windows define the aesthetics of the night city sky. And as the night deepens, slowly, one by one, these windows become one with the dark night outside, unseen... Windows are beautiful.