The lack of uniformity in the style of plaques and signages for street names in Mumbai puzzles me. Does the stature of the person after who...
The lack of uniformity in the style of plaques and signages for street names in Mumbai puzzles me. Does the stature of the person after whom the street is named play any role in determining the style, or is it the might of family, well-wishers and local politicians that guides such decisions?
Should it be a marble plaque or a granite one? Or should it be painted on a metal board? Should these be erected in addition to the one displayed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai?
This the lack of uniformity is evident in the manner that signages have been placed at locations we visited over the past three weeks, namely, Pandit Gunidas Marg, Pandit Paluskar Chowk and Gayan Samrat Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan Marg. This week, we find yet another style as we visit the Professor Deodhar Chowk.
Located in South Mumbai close to Opera House, an area that was the hub of a lot of musical and theatre activity in the early part of the twentieth century, the Professor Deodhar Chowk is named after BR Deodhar (1901-1990), a well-known Hindustani music educationist, vocalist and a repository of traditional vocal compositions.
A previous edition of this column has briefly discussed Deodhar’s work as an educationist and author.
Singer, scholar, teacher,...
