About the Book: Mumbai Fables
A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis.
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,
filmmakers and political activists.
About the Author: Gyan Prakash
Gyan Prakash is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton
University. He is the author of Bonded Histories (Cambridge) and Another Reason
(Princeton).