Mumbai Fables
In this remarkable cultural history
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gyan prakash
harpercollins india,
396 pages, Rs 599
In this remarkable cultural history of one of the world’s most important urban centres, Gyan Prakash unearths the stories behind Mumbai, viewing the city through the significant moments and kaleidoscopic ideas that have shaped it, its comic-book heroes and famous scandals. Shedding light on what has been called ‘the maximum city,’ Mumbai Fables explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as visualised by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, filmmakers and political activists.
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