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Well done, Baby Bombay!

Well done, Baby Bombay!

Two mothers explain how it’s never too early to kindle a sensitised love for Bombay history in even the very youngest

16 February,2025 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
‘Even when silent, we converse’

‘Even when silent, we converse’

The musical genius of Marialena Fernandes complements a longstanding friendship with political cartoonist Alexyz Fernandes

09 February,2025 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Magical mystery tour

Magical mystery tour

Earlier personal associations with iconic city monuments strike sad to glad notes

02 February,2025 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
They stay with us in 2025

They stay with us in 2025

A pick of personal favourite anecdotal discoveries on these pages from the last year

19 January,2025 06:02 PM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Pritish Nandy passes away: Meher Marfatia pays tribute to the fearless editor

Pritish Nandy passes away: Meher Marfatia pays tribute to the fearless editor

I trod with trepidation filing a first half-pager on Aubrey Menen, whose Rama Retold was among the earliest books banned in the country. Followed by a detailed profile of Pranab Mukherjee on becoming Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha after his finance minister tenure. “What’s to worry?

10 January,2025 08:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Lead kindly light, 2,000 years on…

Lead kindly light, 2,000 years on…

The eight-night feast of Hanukkah started on Christmas day—a special occurrence last witnessed in 2005. Jews across town recollect this “festival of lights” from their formative years

06 January,2025 04:18 PM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
‘To not judge makes for a free-flowing relationship’

‘To not judge makes for a free-flowing relationship’

Heritage activist Heta Pandit and writer-painter Madhuri Iyer sustain a friendship, born in advertising, over four decades

29 December,2024 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Where the postbags piled once… and other triangular tales

Where the postbags piled once… and other triangular tales

The Colaba Post Office junction has little to large institutions with histories jostling for the telling

22 December,2024 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
‘We are not a unidimensional cardboard cutout’

‘We are not a unidimensional cardboard cutout’

Salil Tripathi’s magisterial account, covering the Gujarati community worldwide, questions existing views about a people who ought to be known for qualities beyond business acumen

08 December,2024 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Eternal storehouse of the eclectic mind

Eternal storehouse of the eclectic mind

Celebrating some rare exhibits in the special collections of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, which completes 220 years this week

24 November,2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia

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