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This work is a broad inter-disciplinary approach to present day conditions in Bombay. Chapters on nineteenth century Bombay and the famine migrants, the emergence of educational institutions and the Gujarati influence on Bombay's intellectual life, images of Bombay in literature and poetry, Bombay's architecture, and the art, theatre, film and music scenes in the city, are included in this volume.
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This volume focuses on Bombay's cultural life, the essence of which is constituted by Bombay's openness to winds blowing from all directions; its availability as a meeting ground for various communities; its prime function as a place of exchange. The chapters deal with nineteenth century British and Maharashtrian perceptions of the city; early reactions to the arrival of famine refugees; inauguration of modern educational and cultural institutions; forging of the Gujarati reform movement and the Gujarati novel; revivalism signalized by the Sanskritization of the Gujarati language; Indian-English writers of and about Bombay; emergence of a vigorous dalit literature; imperial and cosmopolitan architecture; struggles of the progressive painters; tribulations of the Marathi theatre; creation of an all-India film industry. The book includes a handful of poems about the city in English and in translation from Marathi and Gujarati, some photographs of Bombay buildings, reproductions of works by Bombay painters, and stills from Bombay films.
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