‘It brought alive the city I know and call home—landlord-tenant fracases, collapsing buildings, chaotic markets with loud bargaining, evenings marked by the cycle bell of paowallahs with “an assortment of breads, khaaris and nankhatais in tarpaulin bags” and the never-ending water problems.’- Huffington Post ‘Jane Borges, in her debut novel Bombay Balchao, examines an interesting, often-stereotyped community: the Catholics (and,…
'This is rich concoction that spans continents and cultures, trees and technologies, heartbreak and bonesetters. As strange and varied as the baobab.' - Jerry Pinto, author of Em and the Big Hoom and Murder in Mahim
