The new plan aims to enhance the village’s signage, improve walkways, and preserve its rich cultural heritage. The goal? To make Ranwar a model for other Bandra villages by balancing modern ...

Ranwar Village—with its prowess as an F&B stronghold of Bandra and Mumbai at large—can be considered as a classic example for how to make conservation sustainable. “One does this by ...

Ranwar, in the heart of Bandra, is one such village that has resisted the urge to make way for towering structures. Dwarfed by highrises, the East Indian-majority village has narrow streets lined ...

The group poses for the camera after the walk Finally the group visited the Ranwar village ... It is one Bandra’s few surviving East Indian village communities and the group discovered remnants ...

Zameer (left) and Ayaz Basrai at their office-cum-studio in Ranwar Village, Bandra. Over the last decade, the Basrai brothers have designed some of the hippest restaurants in the country.

This Queen of Suburbs bonds uncommonly. Bandra girls, even generations apart, exult on finding each other years later. On a walk through Ranwar village to track vintage East Indian homes left ...

Housed in a 150-year-old building, Lekha Washington’s charming studio, Ajji, is tucked away in the quaint Ranwar village of Mumbai’s Bandra suburb. The renovation, which began three years ago ...

The Kanara Catholic Association hall in Bandra’s Ranwar village plays host to weddings, first communion parties and local celebrations. Pink chair covers and wine in disposable glasses are a ...

In the bustling neighbourhood of Bandra, there survives the memorabilia of the old Bombay, in the form of what was an agricultural and a fishing hamlet. Ranwar village has its cultural beauty ...

Mumbai: As Mumbai, India's financial capital, witnessed vertical growth over the years with highrises dotting its skyline, some 'gaothans' (villages) have held onto their heritage and legacy.

The Mumbai suburban district collector and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been roped in for Ranwar's facelift plan.