Contents

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3.  
4. ‘We have long forgotten the ritual …
5. Diagonally across the Kamala Nehru Park …
6. I lie back.
7. With nothing to do…
8. I cross the road.
9. The Immortals …
10. There’s a great bustle outside the Taj.
11. Cloth bag in hand, I ascend …
12. People getting out of cars …
13. The morning is washed by light.
14. I’m embraced by a smell.
15. I adore Parsi food.
16. I’m hungry.
17. By the time we reach Strand Book Stall …
18. I step out, book in one hand.
19. DN Road!
20. Behind the veil is Ramu.
21. I left the hotel after keeping my bag inside …
22. Soon …
23. I sleep; deep …
24. My sliver of time is ending.
25. I see Bombay …
26. We arrive in the afternoon.
27. Breakfast is served …
28. Cities are finite.
29. On the penultimate day …
30. I go with him.
31.  
32. Acknowledgements
33. About the Author
34. Copyright