Mumbai’s heritage fountains, BEST buses & street food in focus: Experts to share insights at NGMA panel on July 2; event to explore city’s cultural & urban legacy

MUMBAI: Three elements of Mumbai's culture will figure in a panel discussion being organised in South Mumbai next month. Heritage water fountains like Mulji Jetha and Flora Fountain, the iconic red BEST buses that are now celebrating their 150th anniversary, and the city's fabled street food epitomised in bhelpuri, vada pav, misal and sandwich will occupy pride of place at this event.Avid Learning, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, and Kala Ghoda Association will host a seminar titled 'Uncovering Urban Legacies: Icons of Mumbai -- Fountains, BEST Buses, Street Food’ at NGMA, Fort, on the evening of July 2.This panel discussion has invited experts who have studied and documented these aspects of Mumbai life for posterity. Conservation architect Vikas Dilawari, assistant professor, KRVIA, has restored prominent water fountains in Mumbai. Hussain Indorewala is co-convenor, Aamchi Mumbai Aamchi BEST while food writer-actor Kunal Vijayakar runs a popular YouTube channel on Mumbai's cuisine. The discussion will be moderated by architect and editor Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy.After exploring Bombay’s diasporic communities and historic precincts, this is the third episode of the 'Uncovering Urban Legacies' series.