Mumbai fables Prakash, Gyan

By:

Prakash, Gyan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2010 HarperCollins Publishers NoidaDescription: xi, 396 pISBN:

9789350290071

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.792 P7M8

Summary: Both spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India and beyond, of different ethnicities,languages and religions, have washed up on its shores, bringing with them their desires and ambitions. Mumbai Fables explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as visualized by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, film-makers and political activists.In this remarkable cultural history of one of the worlds most important urban centres,Gyan Prakas hunearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through significant moments and kaleido scopic ideas that have shap edit,its comic-book heroes and famous scandals.Shedding light on what has been called the maximum city,Mumbai Fables offers anunparalleled lookatthisoneof-its-kindcity.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Both spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India and beyond, of different ethnicities,languages and religions, have washed up on its shores, bringing with them their desires and ambitions. Mumbai Fables explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as visualized by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, film-makers and political activists.In this remarkable cultural history of one of the worlds most important urban centres,Gyan Prakas hunearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through significant moments and kaleido scopic ideas that have shap edit,its comic-book heroes and famous scandals.Shedding light on what has been called the maximum city,Mumbai Fables offers anunparalleled lookatthisoneof-its-kindcity.

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