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  • Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai

    Bombay, Meri Jaan by (Ed.), Pinto;

    Writings on Mumbai

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    Product details:

    • Publisher India Penguin
    • Date of Publication 1 January 2018

    • ISBN 9780143029663
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages360 pages
    • Size 215x9x134 mm
    • Language English
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    One of the Guardian 's 10 Best Books set in Mumbai An invaluable literary guide to the mercurial city of Mumbai A heady potpourri of ethnic, linguistic and religious subcultures, Bombay, renamed Mumbai after the goddess Mumbadevi, defies definition. But through a remarkable collection of poems and prose pieces by giants of literature, in addition to cartoons, photographs, a song and a Bombay Duck recipe, Bombay, Meri Jaan tries to capture the spirit of this great metropolis. Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Dilip Chitre, Saadat Hasan Manto, V.S. Naipaul and Khushwant Singh, among others, write about aspects of the city: the high-rise apartments and the slums; camaraderie and isolation in the crowded chawls; bhelpuri on the beach and cricket in the gully; the women's compartment of a local train; encounter cops who battle the underworld; the jazz culture of the sixties; the monsoon floods; the Shiv Sena; the cinema halls; the sea. Vibrant, engaging and provocative, this is an anthology as rich and varied as the city it celebrates.

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