Mumbai — the city that holds many platitudes — the city that never sleeps, the city of dreams, the city of gold, but when you get a little closer and dig a little deeper, you find the city layered in a manifold. Over the years, different kinds of people from varied places, races, and communities have settled in the city and made it their home. But, it is the Koli community.
In pre-pandemic days, my regular exercise was a game of tennis, usually singles, at the club I belong to, the Bombay Gymkhana. An hour of singles would leave me happily tired, guaranteeing me a good n
A construction site in Lower Parel
A few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see a different side to the very modern Singapore. My very knowledgeable and personable guides, who often work with the Singapore Tourism Board, Josephine Wee and her husband Wee Toon Hee, took me around the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood. It is definitely a hipster hotspot, with quirky bookstores (Woods in the Books was delightful), trendy bakeries (the almond-encrusted croissants at Tiong Bahru Bakery and the pandan chiffon cakes at the more old-school ones should be considered national treasures!) and plenty of bespoke boutiques and vinyl-vending music shops. But it also has a number of traditional shophouses, meat-soup cafes and buildings from the 1930s that blend Art Deco with nautical and airplane themes.
A teenage detective (and friends) investigate a murder in an apartment block during a lockdown
An excerpt from ‘Murder at Daisy Apartments’, by Shabnam Minwalla. Shabnam Minwala.
The Lily-Daisy Apartments chat became active early on Sunday morning in a most unexpected way. Mrs Kurien, Mini’s mother, woke up at dawn and realised that the milk pouches had not been left outside her door. Mrs Kurien is one of those people who go nuts if they don’t get their coffee first thing in the morning. The missing milk was a crisis.
Mrs Kurien peered outside the window but could not see the new night security guard. She was about to call out to him when she realised that she didn’t know his name. In fact, the only thing she knew about him was that he was incompetent.
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