Mumbai History
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Artist Chittaprosad’s 1950s depiction of a labour camp speaks to Mumbai’s fast-changing present
Nikhil Rao
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For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
Prashant Kidambi
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‘Jaan-e-Mumbai’: The slim Persian book that came to be the first urban biography of the city
Murali Ranganathan
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Podcast: What does history say about how Mumbai changed and stayed the same over the past 200 years?
Dinyar Patel
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Virchand Dharmasey (1935-2023): A self-taught scholar who built a priceless repository of knowledge
Murali Ranganathan
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When Arab traders made a fortune in pearl trade in Bombay
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Podcast: How Mumbai’s working-class women helped create a city that is safe and open-minded
Raghu Karnad
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What Mumbai chronicler Jim Masselos discovered about the city and its turbulent life
Jim Masselos
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Mumbai has forgotten the ‘leading historian’ who once highlighted its forgotten past
Murali Ranganathan
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‘He was the Google of Mumbai’: Foy Nissen’s photos reveal his intimate relationship with the city
Aarefa Johari
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The Bandra resident who went on to become a pioneering tap dancer and the ‘first lady of swing’
Anu Kumar
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How a former officer of the Mumbai police became its most prolific historian
Bhavya Dore
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Before hipster cafes took over Kala Ghoda, its soul was a store that hosted giants like MF Husain
Damini Kulkarni
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The new horse statue in Kala Ghoda embodies Mumbai's efforts to create a false memory
Mustansir Dalvi
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Bombay obsessive: Australian who has spent decades studying the city to be honoured this weekend
Prashant Kidambi