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Maximum city : Bombay lost and found / Suketu Mehta.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Viking By Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 2004.Description: 584 p. : ill., ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0670049212 (hbk.)
  • 9780670049219 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.79205 MEH
Contents:
Personal geography -- The country of the No -- Two currencies -- Powertoni -- The 1992-93 riots -- Elections 1998 -- The Saheb -- Mumbai -- Number two after Scotland Yard -- Ajay Lal: the blasts and the gangwar -- Encounter -- Black collar workers -- Mohsin: The D company -- Satish: The Dal Badlu -- Chotta Shakeel: The Don in exile -- Vadapav eater's city -- A city in heat -- Monalisa dances -- Golpitha -- Two lives: Honey / Manoj -- New Year's Eve -- Distilleries of pleasure -- Vidhu Vinod Chopra: Mission Kashmir -- Mahesh Bhatt's wound -- The struggler and the goddess -- Accused: Sanjay Dutt -- Dreamworld / underworld -- Memory mines -- Mayur Mahal multipurpose -- A world of children -- Sone ki Chidiya -- Girish: a tourist in his city -- Babbanji: runaway poet -- Adjust -- Good-bye world -- A self in the crowd.
Summary: A 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 abuse; opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood; and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks.
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Books Books Azim Premji University, Bhopal Harini Nagendra and Venkatachalam Suri collection 954.79205 MEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MPG272
Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru PVR 4th Floor 954.79205 MEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G57895
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Personal geography --
The country of the No --
Two currencies --
Powertoni --
The 1992-93 riots --
Elections 1998 --
The Saheb --
Mumbai --
Number two after Scotland Yard --
Ajay Lal: the blasts and the gangwar --
Encounter --
Black collar workers --
Mohsin: The D company --
Satish: The Dal Badlu --
Chotta Shakeel: The Don in exile --
Vadapav eater's city --
A city in heat --
Monalisa dances --
Golpitha --
Two lives: Honey / Manoj --
New Year's Eve --
Distilleries of pleasure --
Vidhu Vinod Chopra: Mission Kashmir --
Mahesh Bhatt's wound --
The struggler and the goddess --
Accused: Sanjay Dutt --
Dreamworld / underworld --
Memory mines --
Mayur Mahal multipurpose --
A world of children --
Sone ki Chidiya --
Girish: a tourist in his city --
Babbanji: runaway poet --
Adjust --
Good-bye world --
A self in the crowd.

A 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 abuse; opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood; and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks.

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