City Adrift
City Adrift

Author: Naresh Fernandes

Publisher: Conran Octopus

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789382277200

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"A biography of Bombay beyond its definition as the Bollywood capital and a real portrait of the Bombay of the past and of the present"--Publisher's description.

Maximum city
Maximum city

Author: Suketu Mehta

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9780144001590

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Winner Of The 2005 Kiriyama Prize For Non-Fiction Suketu Mehta Left Bombay At The Age Of 14. Twenty-One Years Later He Returned To Rediscover The City. The Result Is This Stunning, Brilliantly Illuminating Portrait Of The Megalopolis And Its People-A Book, Seven Years In The Making, That Is As Vast, As Diverse, As Rich In Experience, Incident And Sensation As The City Itself. Extraordinary . . . The Best Book Yet Written About That Great, Ruined Metropolis -Salman Rushdie Like One Of Bombay S Teeming Chawls, Maximum City Is Part Nightmare And Part Millennial Hallucination, Filled With Detail, Drama And A Richly Varied Cast Of Characters. In His Quest To Plumb Both The Grimy Depths And Radiant Heights Of The Continent That Is Bombay, Suketu Mehta Has Taken Travel Writing To An Entirely New Level. This Is A Gripping, Compellingly Readable Account Of A Love Affair With A City: I Couldn T Put It Down -Amitav Ghosh Bombay Gets Its Boswell, His Chronicle As Sprawling And Enchanting As His Subject'-India Today A Seething, Rumbling, Deeply Compassionate Break-Dance Of A Book -Hindu Narrative Reporting At Its Finest, Probably The Best Work Of Nonfiction To Come Out Of India In Recent Years . . . Mehta Succeeds So Brilliantly In Taking The Pulse Of This Riotous Urban Jungle -New York Times Book Review Mehta S Tales, Pounding Along In The Present Tense, Read Like A Modern Arabian Nights, Only Crueller, More Poignant, More Real. . .Part Memoir, Part Journalism, Part Travelogue, Maximum City Is A Tour De Force -The Times The Mother Of All Mumbai Books . . . Stunningly Written -Time Out Mumbai

A Book of Bombay
A Book of Bombay

Author: James Douglas

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781458994646

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. BOMBAY BEGINNINGS. Thebe was one man in Bombay in 1674 who read the account of the barbaric splendour of Seevajee's coronation, and had time to turn a philosophic eye on the infant colony The people who live here are a mixture of most of the neighbouring countries most of them fugitives and vagabonds And then he adds, as with the blast of a prophetic trumpet licensed out of policy as the old Numidians to build up the greatest empire in the world. Who knew what would become of Bombay ? Where are now the rich towns of Dacca, Malacca, or Macao ? It is true that it was given to us, and that no man can cast in our teeth that we took this part of India. But everything was against it, and when we got it, it was not worth the having. Charles II. soonfound out that it was a white elephant and handed it over to the East India Company, in free and common soocage at ten pounds per annum in gold. From the 8th January, 1665, when Humphrey Cooke took the earth and stones of Bombay, from Fonseca, Notary Public of Bas- sein, by public document, and for the next thirty years, it was surrounded by a blazing conflagration, the whole neighbouring continent being in a ferment. How it came out of its troubles is a perfect mystery. Our readers will recollect that its rise was contemporaneous with that of Seevajee, and that he held every stronghold on the coast for four degrees of latitude except Goa, Junjeera, Chaul, and Bombay. Then there was the Moghul of Delhi with whom we were often at war, the Dutch, the French, the Portuguese, and last, though not least, the Seedee from Junjeera, that damned train the scum of Africa inhabited by straggling runagates. There was mutiny, famine, and pestilence. ' Fryer. The mutineers held Bombay for one year; the Seedee held B...

A Handbook for India. Part Ii. Bombay
A Handbook for India. Part Ii. Bombay

Author: John Murray

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019561799

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This practical guidebook is an invaluable resource for anyone visiting Bombay. From its detailed descriptions of the city's landmarks and neighborhoods to its helpful hints for travelers, this book is an essential companion for exploring one of India's most vibrant cities. With maps, photographs, and a wealth of insider information, A Handbook for India is the perfect tour guide. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

By-Ways of Bombay
By-Ways of Bombay

Author: Stephen Meredyth Edwardes

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022059856

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An enthralling and fascinating look into the bustling and vibrant world of early 20th century Bombay, By-Ways of Bombay is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and culture of this incredible city. With its insightful commentary and vivid descriptions, this book offers a unique and intimate glimpse into a world long gone. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.