The Duke of Chembur has left the building
Been planning to write about Chembur's Dukes & Sons ever since I saw this tweet. And there's no better day than today to pen this down. After all, it's the 10th day of Ganpati Celebrations in Mumbai. Meaning, Anant Chaturdashi a.k.a. Visarjan Day. The day when, until a few years back - Dukes & Sons would march down the Sion-Trombay Road (in Mumbai's Chembur area) with their grand visarjan procession. Year after year, since 1972. Easily one of the popular Ganpati Mandals in the area, for which people line up on roads, footpaths, and dividers since morning - a lot like in the rest of the city, to get a glimpse of their beloved Ganeshas.
