Mumbai

The Pose and the Portrait

Deepika Sorabjee

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

Rachana Nakra

The restaurateur who is nourished by the spirit of the youth. And it’s good business

Death by Absence of Generosity

Madhavankutty Pillai

What happens when Mumbai’s municipality decides to outsource its ambulances

The GOD of BIG Things

Madhavankutty Pillai

The evolution of Ganesha from a city deity to one of the most popular gods in the Indian pantheon

The Campa Cola syndrome

Madhavankutty Pillai

Empathy for illegal flat owners and disdain for illegal slumdwellers

A road by any other name…

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why naming one after Priyanka Chopra’s father defies logic

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