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...York-based writer Suketu Mehta's nonfiction book on Bombay will be published by Alfred A. Knopf next January...
...dons of the Bombay underworld are unique in the annals of organized crime: they direct their operations in the city of their origin from outside the country?or "upstairs" as the underworld lingo has it? from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and, especially, from Pakistan. The most powerful criminal syndicate in India is headed by Shakeel and his godfather, Bombay native Dawood Ibrahim, son of a police constable, who now depend on the tender mercies of the Pakistani government for their continued existence...
...Shakeel and Dawood can't return to Bombay because they bombed the city in 1993. The Bombay underworld did not set off the bombs, which killed 257 people, in a vacuum. It relied on the tacit understanding if not outright support of Bombay's Muslim community, which had recently been traumatized by riots in which hundreds had been burned alive, stabbed, and shot by Hindu street mobs. The blasts reminded the Hindu community that the Muslims were not powerless...
...from Europe and California, with a good range of wines by the glass. The bar also features a selection of intriguing martinis, such as the Arabic Coffee Martini with Stolichnaya Vanil, splashes of Kahlua and Frangelico and a shot of Arabic Coffee; and the Moonlight Martini, a concoction of Bombay Sapphire with Parfait Amour, fresh lemon and a splash of Yellow Chartreuse. Under the guidance of our chipper, black-clad server, we took a bottle of Taurino Notarpanaro, a versatile and smooth Italian red that complemented our adventurous appetite for variety. Alas, as a reminder that we were in Cambridge...
...group of Muslims in the western state of Gujarat burned 58 Hindus alive on a train. In response, Hindus went on a three-day rape, pillage and murder rampage that claimed the lives of 427 people. It was the worst violence between the two communities since riots in Bombay in 1993 claimed 800 lives...