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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Product DescriptionBombay’s story, told through the lives, often desperately near the edge, of some of the people who live there. The complex texture of these extraordinary tales is threaded together by Suketu Mehta’s own history of growing up in Bombay and returning to live there after a 21-year absence. Hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie stars, [...]
Salaam Bombay
DescriptionFrom director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), this “brilliantly achieved, stunning and powerful” (Los Angeles Times) film “burst onto the Indian cinema scene with the force of a tornado” (Time Out London)! Winner of the Caméra d’Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® in 1989, this riveting [...]
Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay
Product DescriptionPurchase 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: IV. ACCOUNT OF THE AKHLAUK-E-NASIREE, OR MORALS OF NASIR, A CELEBRATED PERSIAN SYSTEM [...]
City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay
Product DescriptionFor over 300 years the chaotic grandeur of Bombay has acted as a magnet to people from every corner of the globe. A Mecca for fortune seekers, an unlikely architectural jewel, and once the second biggest city in the British Empire, this vibrant metropolis and those who created it are brought to life in [...]
The Agrarian Economy of the Bombay Deccan, 1818-1941
Product DescriptionStudies of Indian economic development have in large part concentrated on the role of British imperial intervention in the region. This book, while attaching due importance to the effects of British rule, focuses on other economic factors, such as agricultural techniques and the land-man ratio, to analyze the agrarian history of the Bombay Deccan.
The [...]
Inexpensive Flight to Bombay
An inexpensive flight to Bombay is very possible. You can extend your visit with the amount you save.
Bombay is the old name of Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra State, India. Many people still refer to the old name out of habit. It is a big city with a big population of 13 million.
Bombay houses a [...]
Homosexuality in Indian Society by Sutra Magazine
Being Indian; be it in India, South Africa, or anywhere else in the world; our roots are grounded in conservative layers of impermeable teachings. We are in the 21st century and even so, our traditionalist principals and values remain. This is a strong point in our culture, but also a weakness. It is important to [...]
The ” Bombay Brasserie Cookbook
Product DescriptionThe Bombay Brasserie is famous for the recre ation of recipes associated with India’’s most vibrant and co smopolitan city. This book presents a selection of recipes i n this style, with tips on ingredients, techniques and utens ils. ‘
The ” Bombay Brasserie Cookbook
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
ISBN13: 9780375703409
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Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product DescriptionA native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider’s view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs; following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and [...]