COVER STORY
Ever since Shiv Sena abandoned its pre-poll alliance to form a government with Congress and NCP, the BJP has been eyeing to topple it and grab India's financial capital
Outlook Magazine - 1 August 2022
The story of Bombay. And the story of Mumbai. Through the eyes of the political leader, the migrant worker, the filmmaker, the gangster. The story of dreams and despair. The story of an old city. And a new metro. What is. And what could be.
But all the good work of Uddhav Thackeray could come to a naught if Eknath Shinde returns Shiv Sena to its Marathi manoos roots.
The Maximum City of Mumbai is groaning under its own weight as the metropolis continues to find ‘space’ to house all those who have made it their home
A history of Bombay, from John Company in the 18th century to the real estate mafia of the 21st, with pitstop at the chawls that have defined Mumbai's working class past
Evolving out of the streets and the migrant multitudes, Bambaiya, the language of the taporis, took final shape and gained legitimacy from Bollywood
Since its founding, Bombay's administrators sanctioned but then rejected a slew of progressive plans that included everything from humane housing and expanded parks to sanitation systems. The story of Bombay
Muslim-majority Mumbra is on the verge of radical urban transformation.
The pearl of the Arabian Sea was always destined to be a playground for the underworld.
Mumbai has seen it all; riots, gang wars, millworkers’ strike, celebrations, drunken dancing, grieving migrants and cocooned elites. What is the Spirit of Mumbai? We hide so many things under this catchphrase.
But all the good work of Uddhav Thackeray could come to a naught if Eknath Shinde returns Shiv Sena to its Marathi manoos roots.
The Maximum City of Mumbai is groaning under its own weight as the metropolis continues to find ‘space’ to house all those who have made it their home
A history of Bombay, from John Company in the 18th century to the real estate mafia of the 21st, with pitstop at the chawls that have defined Mumbai's working class past
Evolving out of the streets and the migrant multitudes, Bambaiya, the language of the taporis, took final shape and gained legitimacy from Bollywood
Since its founding, Bombay's administrators sanctioned but then rejected a slew of progressive plans that included everything from humane housing and expanded parks to sanitation systems. The story of Bombay
Muslim-majority Mumbra is on the verge of radical urban transformation.
The pearl of the Arabian Sea was always destined to be a playground for the underworld.
A poem dedicated to the spirit of the city that never sleeps.
Mumbai has seen it all; riots, gang wars, millworkers’ strike, celebrations, drunken dancing, grieving migrants and cocooned elites. What is the Spirit of Mumbai? We hide so many things under this catchphrase.
OTHER STORIES
Penned by Shahryar and composed by Jaidev, the song 'Seene Mein Jalan' from 'Gaman' speaks about helplessness and dispossession at the heart of the film
Bombay rises from the sea every day, always hungry, forever looking ahead, even as many individual dreams get snuffed out in its maw
Split in its ranks, ideologically altered, the Shiv Sena, the original harbinger of Hindutva finds itself confused at a busy Mumbai crossroad, with no Bal Thackeray to lead the charge
Nurtured over decades by an instinctive hatred of the Other, the Sainik on the streets today finds himself rudderless
India’s experiments indicate that a successful and stable alliance needs three key elements—an anchor party, an unanimously chosen leader and ideological congruency between partners
- ‘Singapores of Girangaon’: How Mumbai Mill Workers Are Fighting For A Home Amid The Real Estate Boom
The history of GKSS, a trade union representing workers of closed textile mills of Mumbai, encapsulates the evolution of working class unity and class action in the neo-liberal era
All the films that I have made, I have gone back to them. They are masters of their craft, and now they are superstars in their field. They don’t have time, their days are packed. Big filmmakers have to wait for their time.
All through its history, Bollywood has captured Bombay/Mumbai in its myriad moods and shades
Photographer Ritesh Uttamchandani knows his Mumbai; he watched its continuous premiumisation, its transformation, the language of the posters, changes they predict, and the journeys they undertake
Perhaps no literary work captures the Bombay of yore, and anticipates the Mumbai of now, as Manohar Shyam Joshi's Kuru-Kuru Swaha
Recollections of growing up in Bombay before it became Maximum City.
