Went to meet an old resident of my locality on Saturday. And, interestingly, the history of my locality isn't exactly the same as it is popularly supposed to be. 4 Bungalows, the area where I stay, was supposed to comprise of, once upon a time, just 4 bungalows belonging to some Parsi families; hence the name “4 Bangla”.

And 7 bungalows were supposed to contain just 7 bungalows, again belonging to some Parsis. The rest of the area was supposed to be all creeks. All the bungalows are believed to have been demolished now.

Well, according to this elderly gentleman, this isn't really the case. The history is different. Much much different.

I personally went to visit him in a huge "wadi", more than 100 years old, that I never knew existed before in my area.

I am gonna research on this further, streamline it, and spice it up with some photographs.

More on this later, as I gather some more fascinating info . . . :)

I am, at present, just interested in the stretch from 4 Bungalows “naka” to the road where I stay. And this “wadi”, and many other interesting features, still lie scattered over this small stretch.

Remarkably, there also used to be an area called “12 Bangla” once in the neighbourhood. Who sayz history is a boring subject?