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Developments in Mumbai since the time of Shantaram.
Gregory David Roberts describes Mumbai with the intimacy of a lover in his bestseller, Shantaram. With the Johnny Depp film now on its way, it is interesting to consider how much of Lin-Baba’s Bombay of the 1980s exists today. The metropolis has witnessed so much in the past twenty-five years, yet much has remained the same. The Shiv Sena, mentioned in the book, headed the state government in the nineties and officially changed the city’s name from Bombay to the original Mumbai. Even in the past people called it Mumbai while speaking Marathi and Bambai when speaking Hindi. However the name Bombay still rolls off the tongues of most of its citizens. Read More
Brief history of Mumbai/Bombay
Located upon seven merged islands off the west coast of India, Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is not only one the world’s most highly populated cities; it is also India’s commercial and entertainment capital. Home to the country’s major financial institutions and the Hindi film and television industry known as Bollywood, Mumbai attracts migrants from all over the Indian subcontinent and is one of the major driving forces behind the booming Indian economy. Read More
