Bombay, meri jaan : writings on Bombay (Record no. 14109)
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| fixed length control field | 02175nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143029663 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954 |
| Item number | BOM |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bombay, meri jaan : writings on Bombay |
| Remainder of title | one of guardian's 10 best books set in Mumbai |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 348p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | Rs.399 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Bom Bahia or the Good Bay was the dowry that King Charles II of England received when he married Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal in 1661. This land was a reclaimed one that later went on to become a famed metropolis which people fondly called as Bombay. Such is the vibrancy of this harbor city, that today it is bursting to its seams with people from varying cultures and concrete buildings that snake the city line haphazardly.It is about this city of contrasts and multi-cultures which has been described at-length in the book, Bombay, Meri Jaan, by authors Jerry Pinto and Naresh Fernandes. This book is actually a compilation of poems and prose pieces penned down by some big names in the literature world such as Salman Rushdie, Dilip Chitre, V S Naipaul, Khushwant Singh, Saadat Hasan Manto and Pico Iyer. These contributors each focus on different aspects of the coastal city such as its high-rise apartments, its slums, the bhel puri on the beach, the gully cricket, the cops and the underworld, women in a ladies compartment in the local train, the monsoon floods, the Shiv Sena, Bombay’s several cinema halls and so on.The highlight of this read is that it contains not only mere text but also interesting cartoons and photographs that draw the reader’s attention. In addition, it also offers readers a song and a Bombay Duck recipe as a means of capturing the true spirit of Bombay or Mumbai as it is called today.An anthology that is as varied, wealthy and vibrant as the city itself, Bombay, Meri Jaan was published by Penguin India in 2003 and is available in paperback. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India--Mumbai |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Literature |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinto, Jerry. |
| Relator term | Editor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fernandes, Naresh. |
| Relator term | Editor |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| YUVA Library | YUVA Library | 04/02/2023 | 954/BOM | BK01761 | 04/02/2023 | Books |