{"product_id":"colaba-the-diamond-at-the-tip-of-mumbai-9789389958928","title":"Colaba: The Diamond at the Tip of Mumbai","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColaba, the southernmost tip of Mumbai-a bustling locality with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGateway of India, the famous Taj Mahal Hotel, and Colaba Causeway, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshopper's paradise-is the city's most iconic neighbourhood. But barely 200\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears ago, it was a rocky, jackal-infested island, separated from the rest of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreat metropolis by a temperamental creek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling biography, Shabnam Minwalla, journalist, author and long-time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresident of the area, tells the tale of the unexpected forces that reshaped land and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esea; and allowed this remote corner of Bombay-Mumbai to evolve into one of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits liveliest, quirkiest neighbourhoods. Trying to figure out the exact area limits, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe unravels accounts of colonial rivalries and dowry negotiations, and of shrewd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindustrialists who transformed the doomed island into the centre of trade during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe cotton boom of the 1860s. She navigates the sometimes charming, sometimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseedy streets to track the area's evolution from a retreat for British soldiers and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esailors to a coveted residential area for the English and Indians alike. She digs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto her childhood memories to introduce us to the eccentric Parsis of Cusrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaug, the warm yet persistent shopkeepers and hawkers of the Causeway, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindustrious Sindhis who pioneered co-operative housing societies, the colourful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emusicians, theatre artists and writers who frequented her corner of Colaba, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Arabs who come there every year to witness the city's monsoons. And in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoving section, she records how the neighbourhood rose like a phoenix from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eashes after the 26\/11 terrorist attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining a remarkable flair for storytelling with sound journalistic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egroundwork, and drawing upon three generations of family memory, Shabnam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epaints an intimate and dynamic portrait of a great and fabled neighbourhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7388406\"\u003eShabnam Minwalla\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789389958928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 938995892X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42644788248813,"sku":"9789389958928","price":37.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_599450f8-dc13-403d-8946-e5055d3bb5bb.jpg?v=1649138392","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/colaba-the-diamond-at-the-tip-of-mumbai-9789389958928","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}