Mumbai
Nothing Common About this Man
Lhendup G Bhutia
How RK Laxman, the creator of the Common Man, was nothing like the character he created
TASTE OF THE SEA
India exports octopus in large quantities, and now the cephalopod has begun to feature on the menus of upscale Indian restaurants. But will you eat it?
The Pose and the Portrait
The juxtaposition of two modernists, a painter and a photographer, from the subcontinent celebrates the confluence of cultural histories beyond nationhood
Amlani and his Food Factory
The restaurateur who is nourished by the spirit of the youth. And it’s good business
Death by Absence of Generosity
What happens when Mumbai’s municipality decides to outsource its ambulances
The GOD of BIG Things
The evolution of Ganesha from a city deity to one of the most popular gods in the Indian pantheon
Power Shift in Gangster Land
Once the Mumbai don took refuge in Uttar Pradesh after a hit job. Today it is the criminal politicians of UP who use use Mumbai as a safe house. S Hussain Zaidi, India’s foremost chronicler of the Underworld, writes on the new balance of power in the ever-expanding mafia world
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