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My Days in Bombay: When Die Was Cast To Dismiss Farooq Govt
Nostalgia Toppling Game Watching It from Bombay It had become a routine with me – something instinctive. Sitting in my office chambers on the third floor of the Chicago Building, in Fort, Bombay in the morning the first thing I inquired from the office boy was if the postman had delivered the usual stuff. I was not curious to know if there was any official communication in the post that needed immediate attention but if there were … Read entire article »
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Bombay Days 14. Spiritual Solace In Madding Crowds of Bombay
Nostalgia Spiritual Solace in Bombay ZGM Instantaneously, on my arrival, in February 1983, I had fallen in love in with metropolitan not only for its glamour and glitter, its pulsating evenings and safe nights but the honesty amidst the hullabaloo of crime and fraudulence. The cab drivers, mostly Muslims from Kutchi Memon community that had come from Gujarat to the metropolitan in the early nineteenth century had earned trust with the commuters for their scrupulousness and integrity. … Read entire article »
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