A tale of two Mumbais

By Nina Karnikowski
Updated December 10 2016 - 1:19am, first published 12:15am
The Gateway of India, by the and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Photo: Chidanand M.
The Gateway of India, by the and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Photo: Chidanand M.
Colorful incense sticks in a shop outside Dadar train station in Mumbai. Photo: FragmentOne
Colorful incense sticks in a shop outside Dadar train station in Mumbai. Photo: FragmentOne

Bombay is a crowd, as the great V.S. Naipaul​ once said. Even when it's sleeping, it seems this morning. My husband and I tiptoe over the dozens of slumbering bodies lining Colaba Causeway, the main street of Mumbai's southernmost suburb of Colaba just before dawn.

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