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Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and the hero of the Bombay Plague

The statues of Dr Acacio Viegas (left) and Gen Dr Miguel Caetano Dias.
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Maybe some of you have heard of Dr Acacio Gabriel Viegas (April 1, 1856-February 21, 1933). I hadn’t until about a decade ago. Until then, I would pass by his statue near Mumbai’s Metro cinema without realising that it was his discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay that saved thousands of souls.
Viegas returned to my attention recently while I was reading
Room 000: Narrative of the Bombay Plague by Kalpish Ratna. Kalpish Ratna is the nom de plume of Ishrat Syed and Kalpana Swaminathan, both surgeons, who writer together to explore the interface between science and the humanities. ....

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How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai

On a leafy uphill road in Mumbai s Bandra suburb, a fire burns at a Catholic shrine. Garlands adorn a cross and idols of saints below it as pedestrians walk by wearing masks. A nondescript sign at the back of the shrine tells visitors that the cross was erected in 1897 when the city was battling another pandemic.
Deserted roads, a migrant workers exodus, fears of the disease spreading in congested slums the scenes that have played out in India s financial capital this year with COVID-19 bear a striking resemblance to what life was like here when the bubonic plague hit the city (then known as Bombay) more than a century ago. ....

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Pandemic Perspectives: How Bubonic Plague Reshaped Mumbai's Streets : Goats and Soda : NPR

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A crowd watches people dressed in rat and flea costumes to illustrate the creatures that spread bubonic plague, which took millions of lives in India in the early 20th century. The photo was taken on Jan. 1, 1910.
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On a leafy uphill road in Mumbai s Bandra suburb, a fire burns at a Catholic shrine. Garlands adorn a cross and statues of saints below it as pedestrians walk by wearing masks. A nondescript sign at the back of the shrine tells visitors that the cross was erected in 1897 when the city was battling another pandemic. ....

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How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai

How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai
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How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai

How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai
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