Very nice piece of writing. Cities like Mumbai are inexhaustible in terms of the characters that inhabit them. In line with the topic of this post, you might like Pierre Bayard's "How to talk about books you haven't read." It delighted me with its wisdom and humour.
A beautifully written piece, as I have been to Mumbai many times and Matunga each visit, the vivid details of roadside vendors and how they had grown in knowledge about books despite no formal schooling n
Very nice piece of writing. Cities like Mumbai are inexhaustible in terms of the characters that inhabit them. In line with the topic of this post, you might like Pierre Bayard's "How to talk about books you haven't read." It delighted me with its wisdom and humour.
Thank you, Arjun! That sounds like a neat title. I’ll check it out.
Here's a review of the book from the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/McInerney-t.html
I think my message to your post was sent incomplete
However what I wanted to say was, “beautiful writing “
A beautifully written piece, as I have been to Mumbai many times and Matunga each visit, the vivid details of roadside vendors and how they had grown in knowledge about books despite no formal schooling n
Thank you so much, Gaya, for your kind words! Yes, Matunga is so evocative of all our sensory memories and it’s a mini circle of life itself.