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Not Mumbai or Bombay, just my Bombai

Not Mumbai or Bombay, just my Bombai

I couldn’t think of a worse person than me to write a defining book on Mumbai. But as I thought about it, the memories came flooding back

14 May,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Retroflex sounds of Indian women

Retroflex sounds of Indian women

Their legacy is the retroflex sounds () that is part of the Indian language. The immigrant men came much later.

12 May,2024 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Diamonds and bazaars

Diamonds and bazaars

They shape each other like dreams and waking, music and lyrics, sexual desire and ‘respectable’ society, tawaifs and Hindi cinema

12 May,2024 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Cannes outtakes: ‘boyfriend blouses’

Cannes outtakes: ‘boyfriend blouses’

I myself wore Rs 100 black rubber Bata shoes on the opening night red carpet because it was predicted to rain—so we had a lot in common.

12 May,2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Choices, cinematic choices

Choices, cinematic choices

I see where he’s coming from, conventional wisdom states, cinema releases are reserved for big blockbusters, whereas streaming platforms are for smaller content driven films

12 May,2024 06:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Rahul da Cunha
The surgical love

The surgical love

One woman’s touching and riveting tale of the groundbreaking procedure her child went through

12 May,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Dr Mazda Turel
Stepping out of Kotha Factory!

Stepping out of Kotha Factory!

Why does watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi feel like work? Thankfully, it was work (for me)!

08 May,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Who was and is Hindu Left

Who was and is Hindu Left

We speak of the Hindu Right, but not its opposite, which flourishes even though the mainstream discourse dismisses them as casteist or simply ignores them

06 May,2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
It’s really up to the people to save city’s green cover

It’s really up to the people to save city’s green cover

The FOT stated that they wanted to find out where this axed tree had been dumped, who was behind this tree cutting and why it was done under the cover of night

06 May,2024 06:47 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Maximum City. Minimum bookstores

Maximum City. Minimum bookstores

A recent bit of news from Japan came as a stark reminder for bibliophiles in our home city, of the glaring lack of support for the habit of reading

06 May,2024 06:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez

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