![]() ![]() Platforms take down misogynistic content only when there is pressure from users and their policies are questioned. On the face of it, social media seems to be conducive to men. ![]() These videos regularly criticise feminists for being “men hating feminazis” and refer to them as “toxic” and “fake”. ![]() In India, content directed at women, particularly those who have strong views, is gaining traction and revenue. While Nair has been arrested and his YouTube account has been taken down, the internet continues to be an unsafe space for Indian women, especially those who express feminist opinions. #heritage #goinggoinggone - on InstagramĪ group of women activists recently confronted an Indian YouTuber named Vijay Nair for a video that made sexist and derogatory comments. After the lockdown, do stroll through the Chembur lanes to see whatever old homes are still around or you could browse through the photographs of these old Chembur homes on #history #belvedere #Aloysiussoares #chemburhomes Today, many of the old bungalows and buildings have been redeveloped and in their place are tall buildings. Later some plots were reserved for a graveyard. The land bought was divided into 4 schemesĪ - purely residential with small plot for relatively poor people could built modest cottages.ī - for convent school and spacious playgroundĬ - In Vadavali for a Capuchin monastery and agro-industrial estate.ĭ - reserved for church, boys school, gymkhana and a play ground. The Bombay Catholic Welfare Association registered St Anthony Homes Co-operative Society in 1925 bought a lot of ground from the Development Department thinking that city folk would want to move to a lonely and peaceful neighbourhood away from the noise, bustle and congestion of the city. He has penned the history of the area.Īn ambitious scheme of the Bombay Governments Development Department was the Chembur Garden Suburb in the island of Trombay. You can see a photograph of him sitting in the garden of Belvedere if you scroll left. ![]() He built Belvedere and moved into it in 1933. I recently came across an autobiography of Aloysius Soares(1891- 1971), educationist and political thinker. I always used to marvel seeing Belvedere as it was one of the best kept bungalows and had a prime location on the Central Avenue very near the OLPS Church. Also later thanks to the street dog vaccinations, we would go into some of the bungalow compounds like of The Grotto to vaccinate dogs against rabies. I discovered the beautiful leafy Chembur neighbourhood with its Central Avenue, lanes, old heritage bungalows and buildings many years ago thanks to my wife who is from Chembur. ![]()
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