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Presenting a flavour of responses from readers who have offered an extended take on people and places featured on these pages The...

07.04.2024 10

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“The choice is between anarchy or chaos”

What role did Bombay play in the last years of MPT Acharya, one of India’s foremost anti-colonial revolutionaries? In the week of Acharya’s 70th...

24.03.2024 10

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‘Bombay is the third wheel in our friendship’

The miles between Bombay and Stockholm melt swiftly when social entrepreneur Smarinita Shetty and banker Anisha Sabharwal catch up on soul sharing ...

18.03.2024 10

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Where music was the food of love

As a sequel to a recent column, a family romance that celebrates the magic of music in fusing an uncommon bond Homi and Homai...

11.03.2024 8

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Cops, cars and singing stars

Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala Road presents a rich mix of histories—contributing to Worli, state and country Cousins Shahrook Munsiff...

26.02.2024 8

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How Ameen Sayani found his voice

The man who spoke to generations of Indians with his shuddh Hindi and clear diction looks back on what it took to become radio's best known name ...

22.02.2024 30

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“Our absolute bemusement with the world is a cementing factor”

The room comes alive with a sparky energy when writer-comedian Anuvab Pal drops in on photographer-archivist Anusha Yadav Yadav and...

18.02.2024 10

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Very, very Valentine

Retelling the romances of iconic Bombay couples who happily made their shared professional worlds—across theatre, radio and medicine—personal ...

12.02.2024 20

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The three wishes of Macbeth Lane

Did the Shakespearean tragedy truly christen this pathway? Why was it called Batak Gully before being renamed for a patriot? Presenting the stories...

28.01.2024 20

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‘Our non-judgementalism is beautiful’

Between two cities, Sohrab Ardeshir and Ranvir Shah keep an old Bombay friendship interestingly alive Ranvir Shah and Sohrab...

22.01.2024 10

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Believe-it-or-not Bombay

They might well sound strange but are real all right. Some oral histories the city throws up sound almost too dramatic to ring true ...

15.01.2024 10

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Enter the dragon

The Chinese calendar declares 2024 as the Year of the Dragon. In Bombay, the mythical creature has always implied wide-ranging connotations ...

31.12.2023 9

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‘She’s been the wind beneath our wings’

Unusual by most standards, the friendship bridging 36 years of age between architect Clement DeSylva and homemaker Aylma Curry maps a heartwarming...

24.12.2023 10

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“Once there were green fields kissed by the sun”

As Christmas dawns upon the Bandra villages of Sherly, Rajan and Malla, its residents recall striking memories from its vanishing past ...

17.12.2023 9

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Plenitude on my plate, in a city to love

As the spirit of the season takes hold, there is soul-searching and celebration in equal measure. What stays overwhelmingly constant is an attitude of...

03.12.2023 10

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A Latin legacy to live by

Imprinted on the walls of public buildings and private residences, as well as Mumbaikars’ minds, Latin phrases across town continue to have an...

19.11.2023 20

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‘The mountains pull very different people passionately together’

Avowed city lovers, Harish Kapadia and Vijay Kothari bond best in the clear air of the Himalaya Vijay Kothari and Harish Kapadia in the latter’s...

12.11.2023 8

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‘This is hamesha home’

Celebrating its golden jubilee with an exhibition of its children’s paintings, the NSCC Children’s Complex, started in Kherwadi by Zehra Ali Yavar...

05.11.2023 5

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Laughs, gaffes and pun in the sun

A selection of our favourite funny lines, gathered from interviews for these pages over the years Keshava Acharya (left), supervisor at New...

23.10.2023 8

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‘We both have an overdeveloped sense of fairness’

When a long-time advocate for civil society pairs with a human and cultural insights expert, the dynamic is expectedly vibrant Ingrid Srinath with...

16.10.2023 9

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When baraf reigned cool in Bombil Wadi

What was a central little suburban lane like with life centred around the factory naming it? Jennifer D’Souza and Bernadette Cardoz with their...

08.10.2023 10

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‘This was that paradise that gave me wings’

Besant Montessori School in Juhu celebrates 75 years of gifting holistic early education to generations of young citizens Mamta Karalkar...

24.09.2023 10

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Thank you for the music

Two online editions later, the Con Brio festival is back onstage next weekend—with a history waiting to be told Parvesh Java conducting at the...

10.09.2023 10

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