Quotes from Gyan Prakash

The king of the opium trade, however, was Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, whose name is ubiquitous in the city's public spaces. Few remember that the man whose name graces the famous art school Sir J. J. School of Art and the popular Sir J. J. Hospital earned his exalted place through drug trafficking.

There is also the fact that, unlike China, India is a democracy. Thus, Mumbai's robust activism functions as a brake on the drive to impose from above the fantasy of a global city.

I am a walking, talking Bombay. … I loved that city then and I love it today.

There was no insinuation (one very likely today) that she lacked the cultural values of India and exhibited the lax morals of Western women.

We know only two roads One which leads to the factory And the other, Which leads to the Crematorium

No self-respecting right-wing populist movement in India can succeed without targeting the Muslims as alien to the nation.