Tag Results: Mumbai
Tales of Our Cities
Mumbai’s Rich Jewish Legacy
What’s common between Shanghai and Mumbai - apart from the obvious commercial value that these cities bring to their respective countries? Well it’s the Sasoons who played a pivotal role in the building of these two cities. Few realise it, the community they belonged to - the Jews played a pivotal role in shaping Bombay. Catch the story....
Snapshort Histories
The Monks Who Became Bankers
The photo of a Naga Sanyasi at Kumbh Mela is a stereotypical image. But few realise that there was a time when kings turned to them for help and over time they adopted different roles as monks, warriors , bankers and even rajas!
History Daily
Secrets of Mumbai’s Medieval Past
A chance discovery on the BARC campus in Mumbai cracked open a whole slice of the city’s medieval past. Catch the fascinating discovery of a ’new’ king Hambirarao who ruled the region and had Mahim as his capital!
History Daily
India’s Most Fragile World Heritage Building
While all eyes are on Paris and the devastation of #NotreDame, on #WorldHeritageDay we take a look at India’s most fragile world heritage building – Mumbai’s Watson’s Hotel. Now in danger of collapsing, it was once the toast of Bombay’s high society. Today, it is an astonishing example of apathy but a battle we have to fight!