Remembering Gillian Tindall, the British historian and author whose work The City of Gold brought Bombay’s history and soul to life

The 'Bombay viral' earlier this month made me miss one of the biggest pieces of news —one with a deep personal connect and a deeper personal loss.

The passing of 87-year-old Gillian Elizabeth Tindall — the distinguished British historian, biographer, and chronicler of places — on October 1 marked the end of an era for all of us who believe that cities, like people, have souls. Read More

It was (or rather is) her seminal work, 'City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay', that first made me fall in love with the city l have always lived in. From her works, I re-learnt that Bombay is a city built upon fallen forts and buried skeletons, stitched together with

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