Author: ed. Pinto Jerry & ed. Fernandes Naresh
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 2003
Pages: 348
ISBN: 0-14-302966-5
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Bombay – History,Urban Design
Classification: 711
Shelf: C5R1
Accession No: B79
Contents: Introduction: The Lived City 1- Island 2- Bombay: Hobson-Jobson on the Streets 3- Where Live 4- A Very Young Person 5- Paris, India 6- Impressions of Bombay 7- Three Uneasy Pieces 8- The One Billion Rupee Home 9- The Cult of the Golden Bull 10- Bajrang- The Great Indian Bustard 11- Urban Fabric 12- The Great Water Wars 13- Clearing the Slums 14- The View from Chinchpokli 15- Hoops, Hunger, and the City 16- Dekho, Dekho, Art Deco 17-Bhelpuri 18- A Brace of Bombay Ducks 19- In the City 20- Special Providence 21- The Day It Rained Gold Bricks and a Horse Ran Headless 22- War Comes to Bombay 23- Arriving in Bombay 24- The Story of the Freedom Struggle 25- First Ladies and Inferior Women 26- A Little Paperwork 27- Temples of Desire 28- Sitara: Dancing Tigress from Nepal 29- The Rajdhani Express to Bombay 30- 5:46, Andheri Local 31- Elephanta 32- On the Waterfront 33- Talking Heads 34- To the City of Bombay 35- Scenes from a Life 36- Son, Eat Your Fill 37- Muharram in the Mohalla 38- The Rage of the Marathi Manus 39- Fire 40- Doongaji House 41- Licensed to Kill 42- The Bhendibazar Gharana 43- Never at Home 44- Morning You Play Different, Evening You Play Different 45- Mumbai 46- Bombay Meri Hai Notes of Contributors Acknowledgements Copyright Acknowledgements
Abstract: Bombay, Meri Jaan is an anthology that captures the essence of Bombay/Mumbai through essays, stories, and reflections spanning history, culture, politics, and everyday life. It traces the city’s journey from a cluster of islands to a bustling metropolis, exploring neighborhoods, slums, landmarks like Elephanta and the waterfront, and the charm of Art Deco. Themes of freedom, communal tensions, migration, and identity intertwine with vivid depictions of trains, street food, festivals, art, and cinema. Both nostalgic and critical, the collection presents Bombay as myth and reality—chaotic yet resilient, fractured yet unified—an enduring city of contradictions and dreams.