This article was contributed by Grishma Shah, Blue Lotus PR.
I was really excited when I set eyes upon this 500-page tome about my city, Mumbai. And trust me, it was an absolute tour de force. Though it opens slowly, it soon acquires a lively pace; enough to keep one hooked right to the last page. It’s an absorbing account of Bombay by a Mumbaikar, whose love for the city is apparent. Interesting, exhaustive and well-researched, it reveals the metropolis in all its myriad complexities. A must-read for all those who want to discover the real Mumbai. We are often strangers to our environment and to people around us. This book, Maximum City, is all about Mumbai. The living city is documented as it is and not as it appears from outside. The book profiles Mumbaikars from different walks of life, capturing quite beautifully their little quirks, their idiosyncrasies.
All of you who’ve stayed in Mumbai will agree that Mumbai is a city with a myriad of cities within. Suketu Mehta aspires to manifest this very attribute of this great city by painting a kaleidoscopic portrait of different lives; a picture that is as revealing as it is ambiguous. Highly recommended.
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