mumbai heritage

Mumbai’s Dadar Parsi Colony, the world’s largest enclave of its kind, shows how a century-old vision still offers timeless lessons in green, liveable city life.

Once grown across Powai and Thane and favoured by the British, the rare Cawasji Patel mango—named after a philanthropist who helped shape Mumbai—is making a comeback on a Maharashtra farm.

What prompted the father of modern Indian transportation to build the bunker? Was Mumbai in danger of getting bombed by the Japanese? And if so, how did he know that?