In India, offering water is considered an extremely good deed. Therefore, once upon a time, when packaged drinking water was not available, it was the norm to construct drinking water fountains for public use, particularly in places that saw heavy footfall, to quench the thirst of people and animals. In Mumbai, such water fountains can be spotted in a number of locations. At a busy road junction in the Fort, the business district in South Mumbai, there is a water fountain memorial, now enclosed in a fence. A lot of…
