While I was writing my book, I got a top police official in Bombay an invitation to study terrorism at the Rand Institute in Washington DC. This would have helped the city enormously, as he was the detective who cracked… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
The great thing about Bombay is its open, generous heart. I hope - I know - that this spirit will endure. Bombay will adjust. — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous population, is… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
Indian Muslims have stayed very far away from Al Qaeda and the like; they have voted with their feet and stayed in the country,… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
While I was writing my book, I got a top police official in Bombay an invitation to study terrorism at the Rand Institute in… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
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… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
Bombay as a confident, welcoming city that takes in a million new people a year, that those who want to harm the country pick… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
“The man who comes to fix the cable approaches her when she is alone in the house. 'Is there anything to eat?' he asks.… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
“The stacks of pav have been sprinkled with chutney— the top half of the inside of the bun is bathed in green chutney, the… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
Commuter trains are the easiest target for terrorists, as we have seen in Madrid, London, and now Bombay. But it is difficult for a… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
