How the first English novels by Parsis were written in the backdrop of the plague and politics

The histories of the novels ‘My Friend, The Barrister’ and ‘Pootli, A Story of Life in Bombay’.

Murali Ranganathan

· Jul 11, 2020 · 11:30 am

How the name of a Gujarati language printer and publisher who died in the plague lives on in Mumbai

Jehangir B Karani’s business rose, fell and then rose again posthumously.

Murali Ranganathan

· Jun 28, 2020 · 08:30 am

How a Gujarati cookbook came to symbolise love and gratitude during the bubonic plague in Bombay

The story of Vividha Vaani.

Murali Ranganathan

· Jun 13, 2020 · 10:30 am

Mumbai has forgotten the ‘leading historian’ who once highlighted its forgotten past

JRB Jeejeebhoy, who wrote numerous pieces on the city and its heritage from the 1920s to the 1950s, has met the fate of his subjects.

Murali Ranganathan

· May 07, 2019 · 11:30 am