From the window of his sixth-floor apartment, Sevanti Parekh can see the distant horizon of the Arabian Sea. The window looks out on the entire Back Bay, which includes the arc of Marine Drive and beyond, extending towards the grand Raj Bhavan at the tip of Malabar Hill. Pollution often dims the views, but at night, the lights glitter on the curve of Marine Drive, justifying its popular name, Queen’s Necklace, and on the tall buildings in the distance.
It is a view Sevantibhai, as he is locally known, has enjoyed for the last 80 years. At 88, he is probably one of the oldest continuous residents on Marine Drive. His home is on the top floor of Bharatiya Bhavan, one of the buildings on the seafront.
He has lived there almost his entire life. He moved into his flat in 1939, when he was seven. The building, which was then called Jeevan Vihar, was built by his father. Three other partners in his firm did the same next door. (Three partners built on the plots next to Jeevan Vihar.)
The Marine Drive stretch, a little over three kilometres long, makes an arc that connects Nariman Point with Chowpatty and then on to Malabar Hill. On...
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