'You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all, ' write the editors of this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India's great metropolis, the Maya Nagari, the city of dreams, between the covers of a book? Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the city they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does-a rich, varied, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names-Bombay, Mumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others. ...
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'You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all, ' write the editors of this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India's great metropolis, the Maya Nagari, the city of dreams, between the covers of a book? Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the city they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does-a rich, varied, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names-Bombay, Mumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others. In the twenty-one stories of this collection, there is the city that labours in the mills and streets, and the city that sips and nibbles in five-star lounges; the city of Ganapati and Haji Malang and the Virgin Mary; the city that is a sea of people and speaks at least a dozen languages. There are stories translated from Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and stories written originally in English. Among the writers are legends and new voices-Baburao Bagul, Ismat Chughtai, Pu La Deshpande, Urmila Pawar, Mohan Rakesh, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ambai, Jayant Kaikini, Bhupen Khakhar, Cyrus Mistry, Vilas Sarang, Tejaswini Apte-Rahm and Anuradha Kumar. Maya Nagari is a majestic book on a majestic city. It will be read and cherished for year
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