About the Book: Aamchi Mumbai: My City in Stories and Poems
For seven decades, Gulzar—one of Indias most beloved and respected literary and
cinematic personalities—has made Mumbai (once called Bombay) his home. Over the
years, Gulzar has written at length on the city, in the form of both poems and
short prose pieces. These writings reflect not only his inimitable thoughts on
the city but also the many facets of the ever-changing and evolving metropolis,
as a Mumbaikar sees it. Aamchi Mumbai brings together twenty-five unforgettable
short stories, all set in Mumbai, and thirty-six poems, arising from Gulzars
experience of living in the great city. These