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

A Lacklustre Visit

Haima Deshpande

Shorn of train rides or meals with Dalits, Rahul Gandhi’s recent trip was as subdued as it was ineffective

Meet the Bobcats

Aastha Atray Banan

Basketball has changed the lives of these Muslim girls in Mumbai

“If Something Slips off, Call Me”

Aastha Atray Banan

Impressions of a fly on the wall at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai

Whose Mumbai Is It Anyway?

Haima Deshpande

Instead of settling the issue of who rules Mumbai, the recently concluded civic body elections have thrown the field wide open

Hypocrisy Over Housing

Haima Deshpande

Houses for former mill workers on mill land is a popular election issue. Why do politicians keep raising it even though the workers themselves have moved on?