Mumbai’s skyline transformation is a model for the rest of India.
Earlier mill redevelopment provided the dazzling skyline.
Now slum redevelopment is doing it.
If Mumbai does become slum-free, it will be an achievement without precedence in the world.
From Discovery of India. Nehru on Aurangzeb.
"A bigot and an austere puritan" who "tried to undo what his predecessors had done."
"Aurangzeb Function more as a Muslim than an Indian ruler."
"He reimposed the jizya or poll-tax on non-Muslims and, in other ways too, interfered with and suppressed various Hindu practices."
"Many temples were destroyed and mosques built in their place."
"He infuriated the great majority of his subjects, offended the proud Rajputs, roused the Sikhs, and angered the warlike Marathas."
@mid_day The cops outside don't let you in without showing any paperwork. What if I want to have a freewheeling chat with him with no set agenda regarding various issues facing Mumbai?
@thecaravanindia Any word on missionary conversion activity in tribal communities especially in Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, etc? That's not a concern for this "activist?"