Colaba's landmark Sassoon Docks has found its moment in the November sun on a wall on the opposite side. Artists have brought the docks scene alive through street art. The wall, which has just been painted, has become a street art gallery. The painting is of the Sassoon Docks and what goes on inside from selling fish, to handcarts bringing the fish and the Koli community (fisherfolk) going about earning their daily livelihood.

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Resident Bella Shah said, “This is a collaborative project by My Dream Colaba (MDC) and Colaba Advanced Locality Management (CALM). The idea was to bring the docks to the people. How many people have gone to these docks and have they seen what is going on inside or, how fish is brought here and then sold? Must be very few. Now, maybe those numbers are slightly up given that some exhibitions are being held in the Sassoon Dock space. Yet overall, they are still minuscule. I told the art team, let us bring the docks to the people of Mumbai so that they understand it. We saw a few visuals on the net, read some history, learnt about its place as a Mumbai landmark and then decided to paint it as we see it. This project was done fairly quickly, wrapped up in a few days.”