All 7 Uses of
Mumbai
in
The God of Small Things
- They all wore handkerchiefs or printed Bombay Dyeing hand towels on their heads to stave off the sun.†
Chpt 2 *Bombay = old name (pre-1995) for Mumbai -- the financial capital and largest metropolitan area in India
- She arrived on the Bombay—Cochin flight.†
Chpt 5
- When Sophie Mol's plane appeared in the skyblue Bombay—Cochin sky, the crowd pushed against the iron railing to see more of everything.†
Chpt 6
- The Arrivals Lounge was a press of love and eagerness, because the Bombay—Cochin flight was the flight that all the Foreign Returnees came home on.†
Chpt 6
- Then the Bombay—Cochin people came out From the cool air into the hot air.†
Chpt 6
- Adoor Basi, the most popular, best-loved comedian in Malayalam cinema, had just arrived (Bombay—Cochin).†
Chpt 6
- Then she dictated a letter to Annamma Chandy's brother-in-law who was the Regional Manager of Padma Pickles in Bombay.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
financial capital and largest metropolitan area in India