Author: ed. Singh Malvika
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Year: 2011
Pages: 162
ISBN: 978-81-7188-887-0
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Mumbai Muslim Community Malbar Hill
Classification: 954.792
Shelf: C7R1
Accession No: B1035
Contents: Introduction A City of Dreams Decline of a Great City A private View Blitz’s Bombay The Free for All City The Under, the over, and the Middle World Big Business and Entrepreneurship The Beginnings of the Art Movement Unseen, Under Our Noses Matheran A Community at the Crossroads An Expat’s Eye A Long Life A Rebel with Many Causes Runaway: A Chronical of Metropolitan Transience
Abstract: *Mumbai: A City of Dreams* presents a layered portrait of Mumbai, capturing its transformation from a land of promise to a city of stark contrasts. Through essays, personal reflections, and cultural commentary, it explores the city’s vibrancy, decline, and resilience. Topics range from media depictions and entrepreneurship to hidden communities and art movements. With glimpses into areas like Matheran and narratives from expats and rebels, the work reveals Mumbai’s complexity—its chaos, beauty, and transience. Both a tribute and a critique, this collection portrays Mumbai as a dynamic, ever-evolving metropolis where dreams, struggles, and survival coexist in compelling tension.