Just 200 years ago, Colaba was a scraggly strip of rocks rife with jackals, snakes and gun-wielding Armenian highwaymen. But land and sea were reshaped to transform the boondocks of Bombay into the lively, quirky neighbourhood that we know today. At our Online Talk #DiamondAtMumbaisTip, journalist and author Shabnam Minwalla describes the forces that made this possible and tells the compelling tale of a unique neighbourhood through the people, trees and buildings of the area.

Please note that the event link will be shared a couple of hours before the talk.

About the speaker

Shabnam Minwalla writes for newspapers, plays mother to three teenagers, devours murder mysteries and shops for sarees. But her absolutely, totally, completely favourite activities are writing books for children and seeking out ghosts, stories and bargains in her beloved Mumbai. Her popular books include `The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street’, `What Maya Saw’ and the laugh-a-minute Nimmi series. Her most recent book is ‘Colaba - The Diamond At The Tip Of Mumbai’.