Quote of the year

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." - Tony Robbins

On why Bombay is a writer's city...

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, has been a writer's paradise for years now. Like London and New York, there is a very specific sense of the metropolis, with a certain amount of self-mythologising and narrative-making. Life throbbing with activity, unstoppable pace, amalgam of different cultures ,a launch pad of talent and amazing juxtaposition of the riches and the poor - this city has it all.

Among the novels I have read, the following fiction novels' plots are based around Mumbai - my favorite city.

John Irving - A Son Of The Circus - ***/2
Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children - ****
Suketu Mehta - The Maximum City - ***