Jal Chintan

Perched upon a cliff that leads to the sea, a plinth claws into the precipice. On this foundation stands Jal Chintan, once known as Point Bungalow. The official residence for the visiting Prime Minister of India. Unofficially, Panditji’s (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru), favoured abode

Panditji and other Prime Ministers must have stood on the balcony, contemplating a lone light in the looming sea. The sole probe piercing the dark was Prong’s Lighthouse, a beam radiating as far as thirty-five miles. For mariners, the rays of this beacon meant they had arrived in the bay of Bombay.

From the balcony you can still watch the foaming waves crash upon the dark rocks. Hours fly, as the fierce and rugged cliff battles the surging seas.