
Mumbai has always been perceived as the New York of India – where the people were more refined, less brash and aggressive, more cultured. Women were always considered safer in Mumbai, more than any other urban center in India, in fact, because you just did not have any of the blatant chauvinism of the north or the stifling traditionalism of the south. Mumbai, or Bombay as it used to be known, was the home of India’s film industry, and from where the entire nation took its cues when it came to fashion, trend, and music.
Bombay BygoneBut today, almost none of that holds true. It is almost...