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> [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/)

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## 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/)

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