Best travel books to read that capture stories & essence of Mumbai

Mumbai is called 'City of Dreams' and has been a centre of various cultural, political and ecomic activities of India. Thousands and thousands of people come to city on an everyday basis to experience essence of Mumbai. From local trains to beautiful coastline, everything culminates to what city represents. Many authors and writers have tried to capture stories from city in ir works. 

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Here are some of best n-fiction books you can re based on Mumbai

Bombay Before Mumbai: Essays in Hour of Jim Masselos by Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, and Rachel Dwyer (Editors)

Bombay Before Mumbai is a collection of essays written by some of finest historians. It captures making of various communities, what are power dynamics in city and also how this metropolis has become home to a variety of people. Jim Masselos' research on city is also a part of book, whose work has inspired many ors to do same. book is written as a tribute to Masselos' pioneering work in subject. It was edited and published in year 2019. 

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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta

Suketu Mehta has been a part of city ever since he was a child. writer has tried to bring out stories from city from unexpected angles. He delves into criminal underworld, takes story of a bar dancer, brings out inner secrets of Bollywood and also people who live on streets of city. 

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Breathless in Bombay by Murzban F. Shroff

Marzipan F. Scott published Breathless in Bombay in year 2008. author brought forward 14 stories that take his writers through fascinating situations, from laundrywallas to Bollywood, from masswalla at Chowpatty to carri drivers and ir horses. All se bring out an unforgettable and emotional journey of residents of this city. 

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Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai by Jerry Pinto and Naresh Fernandes (Editors)

book Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai is a collection of poems and prose from some of biggest names in literature. It also has some amazing cartoons, photographs and also recipe of how to make Bombay Duck. book contains works of Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Dilip Chitre, Saat Hasan Manto, V.S. Naipaul, Khushwant Singh and Busybee. 

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