--- title: "4 Bombay Quotes By Suketu Mehta" description: "4 Bombay quotes by Suketu Mehta. Plus more from Suketu Mehta and more Bombay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/suketu-mehta-30711_bombay_the-great-thing-about-bombay-is-its-open_103174.png" --- > [The great thing about Bombay is its open, generous heart. I hope - I know - that this spirit will endure. Bombay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/the-great-thing-about-bombay-is-its-open-generous-heart-i-hope-i-know/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/suketu-mehta-30711_bombay_the-great-thing-about-bombay-is-its-open_103174.png) > [A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/a-city-like-bombay-like-new-york-that-is-a-recent-creation-on-the/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/suketu-mehta-30711_bombay_a-city-like-bombay-like-new-york-that-is_226041.png) > [And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/and-at-the-moment-of-contact-they-do-not-know-if-the-hand-that-is/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/suketu-mehta-30711_boards_and-at-the-moment-of-contact-they-do-not_680316.jpg) > [Bombay as a confident, welcoming city that takes in a million new people a year, that those who want to harm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/bombay-as-a-confident-welcoming-city-that-takes-in-a-million-new/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/suketu-mehta-30711_bombay_bombay-as-a-confident-welcoming-city-tha_1200576.jpg) ## Other authors on Bombay - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-salman-rushdie-82434.jpg) Salman Rushdie 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/salman-rushdie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-david-roberts-39463.jpg) Gregory David Roberts 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/gregory-david-roberts/) ## More by Suketu Mehta > [The great thing about Bombay is its open, generous heart. I hope - I know - that this spirit will endure. Bombay will adjust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/the-great-thing-about-bombay-is-its-open-generous-heart-i-hope-i-know/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous population, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/a-city-like-bombay-like-new-york-that-is-a-recent-creation-on-the/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [Indian Muslims have stayed very far away from Al Qaeda and the like; they have voted with their feet and stayed in the country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/indian-muslims-have-stayed-very-far-away-from-al-qaeda-and-the-like/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [While I was writing my book, I got a top police official in Bombay an invitation to study terrorism at the Rand Institute in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/while-i-was-writing-my-book-i-got-a-top-police-official-in-bombay-an/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [Each person’s life is dominated by a central event, which shapes and distorts everything that comes after it and, in retrospect, everything that came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/each-person-s-life-is-dominated-by-a-central-event-which-shapes-and/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/and-at-the-moment-of-contact-they-do-not-know-if-the-hand-that-is/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [In the looking, I found the cities within me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/in-the-looking-i-found-the-cities-within-me/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [Bombay as a confident, welcoming city that takes in a million new people a year, that those who want to harm the country pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/bombay-as-a-confident-welcoming-city-that-takes-in-a-million-new/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [“The man who comes to fix the cable approaches her when she is alone in the house. 'Is there anything to eat?' he asks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/the-man-who-comes-to-fix-the-cable-approaches-her-when-she-is-alone/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/i-am-an-exile-citizen-of-the-country-of-longing/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [“The stacks of pav have been sprinkled with chutney— the top half of the inside of the bun is bathed in green chutney, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/the-stacks-of-pav-have-been-sprinkled-with-chutney-the-top-half-of/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [Commuter trains are the easiest target for terrorists, as we have seen in Madrid, London, and now Bombay. But it is difficult for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/commuter-trains-are-the-easiest-target-for-terrorists-as-we-have-seen/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [“It is the sexual frenzy of a closed society, and the women of Golpitha are the gutters for these men's emissions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/it-is-the-sexual-frenzy-of-a-closed-society-and-the-women-of-golpitha/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [There have always been elements in the Pakistani state that have been hostile to India; which is not to say that the Pakistani government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/there-have-always-been-elements-in-the-pakistani-state-that-have-been/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) > [The trains are central to Bombay just as the subway is central to New York; they are the great social laboratory of that city.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suketu-mehta/the-trains-are-central-to-bombay-just-as-the-subway-is-central-to-new/) [Suketu Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suketu-mehta/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/suketu-mehta/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bombay Quotes By Suketu Mehta", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The great thing about Bombay is its open, generous heart. 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