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Awash in humanity
When you’re going to Bombay, everyone warns you about two things. The first—the sweltering heat and humidity—turns out not to be such a problem once the monsoon begins to pelt every surface of the...
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A Washington, la carrière de Samir N. Kapadia semblait bien commencer : après un stage au Congrès, il a travaillé pour une grande fondation ainsi que pour une société de conseil. Et, pourtant, il...
View ArticleOttoman ship Ertugrul’s Bombay linkages
Amidst the dust, noise, and crowds of the by-lanes off Mohammed Ali Road in south-central Mumbai, stands a white and green mosque, the Ismail Habib Masjid. It is an oasis of tranquillity, with a...
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Bombay and the founding of Shanghai
The recently concluded 8th BRICS summit in Goa (October 15-16) marked the beginning of operations by the BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB), headquartered in Shanghai. The implementation of its...
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Breaking the ice: U.S. trade with Bombay
The Oval Office’s new occupant will soon be known, but regardless of the election’s outcome, the India-United States Strategic Partnership across 51 bilateral areas of common interest, of which defence...
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Bombay and the City of London
It was at the British Conservative Party’s conference in early October that Prime Minister Theresa May stated that the Brexit vote “should make us think of a Global Britain…to look beyond Europe and at...
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A German renaissance in Bombay
On December 1, Germany officially takes over the presidency of G20 from China, for the year 2017. The responsibility comes at a time of considerable political, economic and social flux, what with over...
View ArticleBombay’s past and future as an IFC
The following article was part of The Gateway of India Dialogue 2016 compendium ‘Where Geopolitics meets Business‘. This piece has been published separately. The Gateway of India Geoeconomic Dialogue...
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More than a whiff of France in Bombay
The search for a whiff of France in Bombay has inevitably to begin at Le Cercle Littéraire, located in the Kala Ghoda precinct of Fort. It is the oldest, and probably only, private French library in...
View ArticleLes enfants d’immigrés cherchent leur rêve américain à l’étranger
A Washington, la carrière de Samir N. Kapadia semblait bien commencer : après un stage au Congrès, il a travaillé pour une grande fondation ainsi que pour une société de conseil. Et, pourtant, il...
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Imperial Japan’s trade with Bombay
This is the first of a three-part series. Read the second part of the series here, and the third part here. The turn of the 21st century has seen a dramatic upswing in the India-Japan bilateral, which...
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Bombay’s East Indian community
Mumbai[1] is home to numerous indigenous Bombay East Indian villages, which can only be discovered by a particularly keen eye. Most of these enclaves lie wedged between dense high-rise buildings,...
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Mercantile Bombay: A Journey of Trade, Finance and Enterprise
By a twist of fate, The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd. is the holding company of Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. This makes it part of the Wadia group of companies; its chairman...
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Bombay’s Armenian legacy
In Mumbai’s Fort area, on Medows[1] Street formerly known as English bazaar, lie the earliest milestones of the city’s historic Armenian community. Hidden from view is the 226-year-old orthodox Church...
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