Designed for organizing space according to different personal requirements, Moleskine's Multipurpose pen cases have velcro at the rear to keep them attached to the lining of Moleskine bags. Each case is made out of hard-wearing black polyester, & is accompanied by a zipper & embroidered Moleskine logo. ...

Mumbai & Gujarat in the Footprint Focus Guides, which are targeted at cities, regions & countries worldwide that have no, or very limited, coverage from other publishers. Widely recognised for their reliability & independent writing style, Footprint Focus guides all have the same layout. Smaller than their sister Handbooks, the Focus guides are intended to streamline the information contained so that you have more of what you need, without losing Footprint ...

Double-sided indexed street plan & guide of Mumbai & Navi Mumbai at Approx. 1:27, 000, with small maps of Uran Karanja & also the environs of Mumbai on the reverse. The map itself is removable from a map cover that

Includes:: a booklet filled with tourist information. One-way streets are shown as are railway lines & stops. Local facilities such as hotels, hospitals, museums, are all highlighted through the use of symbols & also abbreviations (the latter also present on the map legend). Points of interest such as the Sanjay Ghandi National Park, places of worship, monuments & tombs are indicated. The small map of Uran Karanhja, shares the same cartographic template as the main map. The inset showing the environs of Mumbai shows only the major roads leading into it. The map cover

Includes:: a full-colour 12 page booklet filled with tourist information such as the history, places of interest, useful telephone numbers, accommodation & more. Both the guide & the map legend are in English.



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Mumbai Street Atlas (publisher title Mumbai City Map) in a paperback 163-page street atlas at 1:12, 500 with very well designed, clear cartography, detail including house numbers, plus an extensive index which also lists of various services & facilities. A separate fold-out map overprinted with page layout is provided for route planning. Coverage extends north to Vasai Creek &

Includes:: Thane Bhayandar. The atlas has very well designed, clear cartography, with colours indicating residential & industrial areas, slums (zopad patti), shopping streets & centres, parks & gardens, & wooded areas. Names of colonies & villages are shown with, where appropriate, designation of their zones & house numbers. Street information

Includes:: dual carriageways, flyovers & underpasses, one way streets, traffic lights & pedestrian subways. A very vide range of symbols indicate various facilities & places of interest, including banks & ATM counters, taxi stands, fuel supplies, monuments & museums, restaurants & hotels, places of worship, police stations, post offices, electricity/water/sewer complaint offices, etc. Extensive index

Includes:: separate lists of various public offices & services including foreign missions, hotels, restaurants, shopping centres, etc. The central part of the city is shown enlarged in greater detail. Also provided is a separate route planning map overprinted with a grid showing the numbering of the atlas pages.





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Mumbai has been extensively photographed over the past century. Like New York, it is a city full of men & women with aspirations of making it big in life. Mumbai is also known as a dream factory because of the overwhelming presence of its film industry, one of biggest in the world. This book collects nearly three decades of work from Raghu Rai, one of India`s foremost photojournalists. The pictures encompass life in all its manifestations from the high-rise skyscrapers to the gushing waves of the Arabian sea. It shows movement & activity that almost never ceases fairs & festivities, political demonstrations, films in the making, & the advertising & modelling scene. ...

Mumbai in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Mumbai & Goa in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

It isn't easy being the commercial, media & glamour capital of the world's most diverse & exciting country, but Mumbai manages it with a panache that is at once exciting, exhausting & inexplicable. Home to 13 million people of every shade & culture from all over India, & growing every day, Mumbai is in a state of constant flux. Cranes dot the skyline as old makes way for new even as the movement to preserve the city's heritage gains momentum. The city has changed dramatically over the last few years: bars & restaurants have mushroomed, local entrepreneurs & designers have started to celebrate the city they live in & work has finally started on the much-needed metro rail. Meanwhile, a short plane-ride away, Goa remains a laidback paradise, but one that is shedding its hippie stereotype & beginning to address the needs of the more upmarket traveller. ...

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips & recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts & maps for the first-time traveler who wants to experience the major highlights that Mumbai & Goa have to offer. The fold-out map of Mumbai & Goa is ideal for tourists & visitors. ...

This is a place of spectacle & ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India & beyond, of different ethnicities, languages, & religions, have washed up on its shores, bringing with them their desires & ambitions. ” Mumbai Fables” explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as seen by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, filmmakers, & political activists. In this remarkable cultural history of one of the world`s most important urban centers, Gyan Prakash unearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through its turning points & kaleidoscopic ideas, comic book heroes, & famous scandals
- the history behind Mumbai`s stories of opportunity & oppression, of fabulous wealth & grinding poverty, of cosmopolitan desires & nativist energies. Starting from the catastrophic floods & terrorist attacks of recent years, Prakash reaches back to the sixteenth-century Portuguese conquest to reveal the stories behind Mumbai`s historic journey. Examining Mumbai`s role as a symbol of opportunity & reinvention, he looks at its nineteenth-century development under British rule & its twentieth-century emergence as a fabled city on the sea. Different layers of urban experience come to light as he recounts the narratives of the Nanavati murder trial & the rise & fall of the tabloid Blitz, & Mumbai`s transformation from the red city of trade unions & communists into the saffron city of Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena. Starry-eyed planners & elite visionaries, cynical leaders & violent politicians of the street, land sharks & underworld dons jostle with ordinary citizens & poor immigrants as the city copes with the dashed dreams of postcolonial urban life & lurches into the seductions of globalization. Shedding light on the city`s past & present, ” Mumbai Fables” offers an unparalleled look at this extraordinary metropolis.
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