KHOTACHIWADI WELFARE & HERITAGE TRUST
Khotachiwadi – Forever Young
28th May &
29th May 2005
Khotachiwadi a village which
Bombay grew around and is the earliest
settlement of the East Indian community and Pathare Prabhu.
Mr. Khot the landlord leased these plots of land to migrants
who began to flock
Bombay . The East Indian community
who lived places like Manori, Bassein, Gorai, etc. bought
these plots and built their colonial style wooden bunglows.
Number 1 Khotachiwadi, now destroyed is situated on V.P.
Road , where eminent Maharashtrian & Gujarati
families built their family homes. The entrance to Khotachiwadi
from the Girgaum Side overlooked the beach and the Church
was built on the curve of the Girgaum bay.
The
Khotachiwadi Welfare & Heritage Trust (Regn. No. E-21926)
was formed o
the 13th
August 2004 to help protect the few bunglows left
of the original 65 and help resident of the area to maintain
and clean this tourist site which is now a heritage precinct.
The Khotachiwadi – Forever Young
festival was conceptualized to achieve our goals.
AIM
OF THE FESTIVAL
To
create an awareness in the neighborhood in Mumbai on the importance
of cleanliness and the importance of a heritage site.
To
enhance and upgrade the commercial potential of an existing
tourist site.
To
create employment through home industry schemes.
To
create a unique and environmental friendly festival.
To
help residents of heritage buildings to raise funds for maintenance
and restoration.
The
funds raised from this festival would be utilized in providing
better public conveniences like
·
Dustbins with liners in designated areas
·
Employing cleaners to supplement and help the
overtaxed BMC staff
·
To create in a comic book form a book on personal
and social hygiene for school going children
·
To help restore the community temple and club
house both situated in the wadi
The
festival would be held in the Khotachiwadi Heritage precinct
on the 28th & 29th May, 2005.
A
map of the area will be created in an antique style with ‘Devangiri’
and English script by dCell of
Lintas , India . The logo of the festival
as well as the letter head of the trust has also been created
by dCell. They will also be helping us in design and decoration
of the various commercial outlets and overall festival designing.
The
Orchid group of Hotels has consented to be the co-sponsor
to the festival.
KHOTACHIWADI'S FESTIVAL DETAILS
|
Sr.
No.
|
Items
|
Location
|
Concept
- Explanation
|
Person
in Charge
|
|
1
|
Food
Courts
|
Club
Compound
|
East-Indian
Buffet: -
Serving delicious recipes outsourced to a professional
caterer. The East Indian Buffet stall would have an
ambience of the same East Indian Ambience around.
|
Outsourced
to caterers
|
|
Front
of Don Augiar’s House
|
China
Town : - Serving Chinese ‘momoes’ & ‘couchaes’ in an environment
with Chinese lanterns (red coloured). This food court
would be set up by one of the households in the wadi
who specializes in making Chinese cuisine.
|
Leena
Carvalho
|
|
Ideal
Wafer Chip Shop Compound
|
Maharashtrian
Wedding Feast Buffet: -
This food court would serve authentic Maharastrian wedding
feast (only vegetarian). The catering would be all outsourced
to a professional ‘Maharashtrian wedding’ caterer. For
this food court we intend making some the bride and
the groom and getting them married in a beautifully
decorated pandal
created out of Banana leaves.
|
Outsourced
to caterer
|
|
Chaudhari
House Compound
|
Kombdi
Vada
|
Outsourced to caterer
|
|
Chaudhari
House Compound
|
Maharashtrian
Snacks
|
Households
interested
|
|
Chaudhari
House Compound
|
Paratha
& Pickles
|
Outsourced to caterer
|
|
Dr.
(Mrs) Henal Shah’s Ground Flr.
|
Ice
& fruit parlor:-
|
Dr.
(Mrs.) Henal Shah
|
|
Mr.
James Ferreira
1st Flr.
|
Tea
Lounge with herbal snacks:-
|
Mr.
James Ferreira
|
|
2
|
Standalone
Stalls.
|
Mrs.
Jeanette Phillips Ground Flr. Flat – Caesar Mansion
|
FOOD
STORE:-
Specialty
Pickles: - Lotus
Stem, Jack fruit, carrots, turmeric, carrots, prawns,
etc.
|
|
|
Mrs.
Jeanette Phillips Ground Flr. Flat – Caesar Mansion
|
Specialty
Masalas: -
Particular Community Masalas.
|
|
|
Mrs.
Jeanette Phillips Ground Flr. Flat – Caesar Mansion
|
Chutneys:-
East
Indian chutneys and Gujarati Chundas
|
|
|
Mrs.
Jeanette Phillips Ground Flr. Flat – Caesar Mansion
|
Jams:-
Pineapple, kiwis, mixed fruits.
|
|
|
In
front of Cross, Christopher Baptista’s House & Sai
Niwas
|
THANDAI STALLS & VENIWALAS
- Kokum
Shurbat
- Thandai
- Mango
Panna
- Lime
Juice
- Watermelon
Slush
- Jewelry
made of flowers as per your design.
|
|
|
|
STREET
VENDORS:-
- Selling
East-Indian & Maharastrian snacks
|
|
|
3.
|
The
Wall
(Art
gallery)
|
Entrance to the wadi from Girgaum
Side
|
- Landscape
painting of the heritage structures of the lane (only
in water colors on drawing paper, NOT canvas.)
- Portraits
in charcoal/water color/crayon/oil.
(The
trust would inviting these artist for the sketching
between 10th May & 20th May
2005 and then display their art work on the art wall
on the date of the event – this exercise would be as
a competition and the winner would be given a one year
scholarship for further studies in Art)
|
Mr. Shymal Chavan
|
|
4
|
Souviener
Shop
|
Willy’s Front Room
|
·
Cups
/ mugs
·
Book mark
·
T-Shirts , Jig-saw puzzles,
·
Books
·
Badges
|
John
& Willy Felizardo
|
|
5
|
Herbal
Garden
|
James Ferreira’s Garden
|
Potted
herbal plants like neem, aloevera,
lemon grass, Tulsi, Basil,etc. will be available
at site and on a dial a herb basis.
|
Mr.
James Ferreira
|
|
6
|
The
Boutique -Macattak
|
Mesquita House
|
Garments
by Savio Jon, Ranji Kelekar, James Ferreira
|
Mr.
Ranji Kelekar
|
|
7
|
Raw
Works
|
Val Ferreira Ground Flr.
|
An
NGO which specializes in surface decorating objects
|
Ms.
Gauri
|
|
8
|
Om
Creations
|
Joe
Dias’s Ground Flr.
|
Sale of items created
by spastic
children
|
Mrs.
Sangeeta Khanna
|
|
9
|
Shutter Bugs
|
Dr. Shah
All
|
Photographs
of the visitors by
famous photographers like Ashok Salian against
Kitched back drops
|
|
|
10
|
Entertainment
|
Outdoor Locations in the lane
|
Dashaavtara
:-
The 10
I.
Avtaars
of Hindu
God
II.
Marathi
Street :- By Nandu Bhende
III.
Singing
in Regional Languages:- by Professionals
IV.
Back
Drops
|
|
|
11
|
Competitions
|
Appropriate
Area
|
I.
Rangoli:-
Outside the rubble ground to keep the places clean.
II.
Potraits
of the lane:- beginning from 10th May
to 20th May 2005
, inviting the interested artists to display their creative
works
III
Best
Pickle:- from households of the lane.
IV. Carrom
Competition
V.
Chess
Competition: Knock out at the club
|
Ms.
Bhumika Damania
Mr.
Shyamal Chavan & Mr. Shilesh
Mr.
Amit
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