Mumbai....just not a city but a microcosm of cultures and heritage. It is born with an intent to accommodate! While Mumbai shows its selfless nature to nurture, it speaks volumes of the rich and diverse heritage both built and unbuilt Being geographically blessed by the sea on its either sides and claiming a history as old from the 3rd Century BC, it has ever been prospering men and buildings thus claiming a rare distinction as a reputed megapolis on the global map. The pulse of the city has been rare and unique. The buildings and precincts stand to the testimony of bygone times,through their delightful architecture and built forms. These have been sure Metaphors of identity to the city by both the form and function.
With love, I present `Mumbai Metaphors', a collective, as my humble attempts in illustrating the beauty of the city in watercolours for your pleasure to view.

​The art of Painting is a very innate and spontaneous act of an artist to express first hand emotions of gratitude to the beauty around. It is filled with immense satisfaction and reciprocates an artist's experience, observation, perseverance and the journey of conveying his love and thoughts on paper. Goa offers a perfect deliverance of such thoughts through a varied spectrum of subjects to sketch and paint. Hence, I chose to present my vision and ideas of this beautifully blessed land either by words or artworks in various mediums as acrylics, watercolors and ink through this book for everyone's pleasure to read and view.

Tushar Shetty has been a rail fan since childhood. his book has played the catalyst in finding an appropriate channel to convene and convey his passion for art and love for the railways. His approach to simplify technicalities of the rail engine and express the same in an artform as water- colors carries a unique distinction.

The story of Rail engines on the Indian Railways landscape has been vast and elaborate which is attempted to unveil as a humble attempt in this book.