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In the Beginning There Was Bombay Duck: Mumbai’s Relationship With Food and Migration

  • November 9, 2026
  • Pronoti Datta
Founded in 1927, the South Indian Bhajana Samaj on Telang Road in Matunga became a cultural anchor for South Indian Brahmins—the first settlers in Matunga’s neighbourhoods—developed under the Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion town planning scheme. Photo by Anuj Rao.
What are the social histories that structure some of Mumbai’s iconic fares and spots? In this excerpt from the chapter ‘Country of the Monkey-Faced Nut’ from her book In the Beginning there was Bombay Duck, Pronoti Datta attempts to find out.
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