Book Review: Maximum City by Suketu Mehta
Mumbai, a city which never sleeps, a city of dreams, a city of lights and fast life. Mumbai, earlier called Bombay, has many names. This city has attracted people from all parts of India to come and change their life. But does their life improved from that of in the village or they created a different world of their own. Being born and bought up in Mumbai, never thought how the life will be for people who come from villages or other part of India. Also the two categories of people, lower and middle class, whose life has many ups and down, middle class people (like me) don’t know what it is like to be in their shoes.For me, Mumbai was a place where I grew up, many things in the city were normal to me. People who grew up in other cities, saw a different side of Mumbai and came here to chase their dreams. From 1990’s till 2000, Mumbai as a city has experience best and worst, from Bomb blast to the emergence of don, from the rise of Marathi community to fight between Hindu and Muslim.
The Book, Maximum City by Suketu Mehta is a collection of stories from various people and shedding some light on unheard Bombay life. Suketu, an NRI, who went to each and every corner of city to interview these people and got their perspective on the various situations. He had courage to approach not just poor, but also people with power like Bal Thakery and Chota Rajan.
The areas covered in ‘Maximum City’ are as glamour as Bollywood, to as depressing as that of people living in slums. In his research, he also talks about bar dancers who were quite famous and a big source of income for females and transgender. The author spent quite a lot time with Vidhu Vinod Chopra during his film ‘Mission Kashmir’ and also dig out information on the rise of D company and Daud.
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As I was reading this book, I myself saw a different side of Mumbai. Many parts of the book, facts about Mumbai were new to me (In 1990’s, I was too small to realise what was happening around me). At some point, I felt blessed that I was part of a community which was not affected by tragedies Mumbai’s lower class faced. There was no happy ending in this book neither any lessons. It was a collection of stories and point of view of many people living, struggling, surviving in the city of lights to fulfil their dream of better living.
Maximum City is for those who wish to see a different side of Mumbai, a side which is scary and sad. A side which is honest and political. A side which has all types of people (except middle class). A side which is not known to all.. Maximum City as title says,” Mumbai Lost and Found!”.
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