Mumbai

The Voice of Bhendi Bazaar

Sharmeen Hakim

In the age of mobile phones, the tradition of a local announcer lives on in Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar

The Hockey Stick Cop

Jyoti Punwani

Does ACP Dhoble represent the worst in police brutality or is he a fine example of incorruptibility?

Curators of Cool

Aastha Atray Banan

The girls behind Brown Paper Bag, a lifestyle portal that Mumbai’s—and now even Delhi’s—swish set swears by

The Serial Killer Who Wasn’t

Lhendup G Bhutia

Ravindra Kantrole, accused of being Mumbai’s ‘Beer Man’ and acquitted in 2009 of serial murder, has opened a fast food stall while his lawyer has scripted a movie on his story

A Place to Call their Own

Lhendup G Bhutia

Mumbai got its first ever pet park recently

Gangs of Mumbai

Haima Deshpande

Dawood’s Rampuri knife as his first weapon, a love affair that led to a bitter fight with a Christian gang, and other such nuggets on the Mumbai mafia. In all, a thrilling read

Upward Liveability

Lhendup G Bhutia

The lives of people who live higher than most people

The Puzzle of Gilbert Hill

Kalpish Ratna

Signs of the Continental Drift are still visible in this densely populated part of Mumbai

Sits, Shoots and Leaves

Lhendup G Bhutia

This photographer started taking black-and-white portraits of commuters on local Mumbai trains 18 months ago. An exhibition and a book later, he still can’t stop

When a Lie Scrapes the Sky

Suhit Kelkar

Niranjan Hiranandani was leased land to build affordable housing. Instead, he made flats for the rich. Now the Bombay High Court has ordered him to keep his original word