Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai

Introduction: The Lived City by Jerry Pinto and Naresh Fernandes p.ix, 1. Island by Nissim Ezekiel p.1, 2. Bombay: Hobson Jobson on the Street by Pico Iyer p.2, 3. Where I Live by Arundhathi Subramaniam p.15, 4. A Very Yong Person by Rudyard Kipling p.17, 5. Paris, India by J. Gerson da Cunha p.19, 6. Impressions of Bombay by Khushwant Singh p.23, 7. Three Uneasy Pieces by Adil Jussawalla p.28, 8. The One Billion Rupee Home by Paromita Vohra, p.37, 9. The Cult of the Golden Bull by Nina Martyris p.62, 10. Bajrang – The great Indian Bustard by Vilas Sarang p.67, 11. Urban Fabric by Naresh Fernandes p.73, 12. The Great Water Wars by Kiran Nagarkar p.84, 13. Clearing the Slums by Jeremy Seabrook p.89, 14. The View from Chinchpokli by Dilip Chitre p.99, 15. Hoops, Hunger, and the City by Nikhil Rao p.101, 16. Dekho, Dekho, art Deco by salman Rushdie p.112, 17. Bhelpuri by Rahul Srivastava p.120, 18. A Brace of Bombay Ducks by Various p.123, In the Gally by Sunil Gavaskar p.126, 20. Special Providence by Salim Ali p.128, 21. The day it Rained Gold Bricks and a Horse Ran Headless by Jerry Pinto p.138, 22. War Comes to Bombay by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas p.143, 23. Arriving in Bombay by Aldous Huxley p.146, 24. The Story of the Freedom Struggle p.149, 25. First Ladies and Inferior Women by Gillian Tindall p.155, A Little Paperwork V.S. Naipaul p.161, 27. Temple of Desire by Busybee p.169, 28. Sitara: Dancing Tigress from Nepal by Saadat Hasan Manto p.172, 29. The Rajdhani Express to Bombay by Paul Theroux p.189, 30. 5:46, Andheri Local by Arundhathi Subramaniam p.194, 31. Elephanta by Andre Malraux p.201, 32. On the Waterfront by Chirodeep Chaudhuri p.201, 33. Talking Heads By Duke Ellington p.207, 34. To the City of Bombay by Rudyard Kipling p.210, 35. Scenes from a Life by Dosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla p.212, 36. Son Eat Your Fill by Daya Pawar p.217, 37. Muharram in the Mohalla by Sameera Khan p.224, 38. The Rage of the Marathi Manus by Meena Menon and Neera Adarkar p.235, 39. Fire by Arun Kolatkar p.245, 40. Doongaji House by Cyrus Mistry p.248, 41. Licensed to Kill by Manjula Sen p.268, 42. The Bhendibazar Gharana by Suvarnalata Rao p.283, 43. Never at Home by Shabnam Minwalla p.288, Morning You Play Different, Evening You Play Different by Naresh Fernandes p.307, 45. Mumbai by Suketu Mehta p.330, 46. Bombay Meri Hai by Uma Pocha and Chorus with Mina Kava and his Music Makers p.338, Acknowledgements p.346