To this day, members of the East Indian community fondly refer to Mumbai as ‘Mobai’, a term that they had coined generations ago. “It may be difficult to find in the world a community whose homeland falls within one of the most populous cities of India. East Indian culture is fast disappearing; when you look at the history of a city, you turn towards its people, their contributions. These are things that must be recorded,” shares Dr Fleur D’Souza, former Head of the Department (History), St Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Dr Fleur D’Souza and Mogan Rodrigues