THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
Walking the Bazaar Series
Sunday, 13th July 2025 at 11.30 a.m.
Walking The Chor Bazaar with Rajan Jayakar, brought to you by the Mumbai Research Centre of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Step into the storied lanes of Chor Bazaar, one of Mumbai’s oldest and most iconic flea markets, with the Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Once known as Shor Bazaar (the “noisy market”), its name famously morphed into Chor Bazaar — the “thieves’ market” -— during British rule, a mispronunciation that stuck and shaped its legend.
Today, Chor Bazaar is a vibrant maze of antique shops, vintage collectibles, colonial-era curios, and cinematic treasures. From old Bollywood posters to Victorian furniture and rare oddities, the market is a haven for history lovers, bargain hunters, and storytellers alike. Join us as historian Rajan Jayakar unpacks the layered past of this bustling bazaar and reveals the tales hidden behind its timeworn facades.
Date: Sunday, 13th July 2025
Time: 11:30 AM onwards
Fee: ₹900 (₹600 for Members)
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- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla , Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
presents Bombay Booked - 13 | A Marine Life Edition
The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai presents Bombay Booked - 13 | A Marine Life Edition
This session features A Climate Action Series Book - Coastal Life of Mumbai, by SPROUTS and also Super Powers on the Shore - a book that shines a spotlight on the creatures that live on our coasts.
Anand Pendharkar, author & CEO - SPROUTS along with Sejal Mehta, author of Super Powers on the Shore will be in conversation with Kartik Chandramouli, Senior Digital Editor at Mongabay-India, an environmental news platform
Friday, 20th June from 5 pm at the Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Please join us for tea at 4.30 pm.
Coastal Life of Mumbai is a full colour, coffee-table book that serves as a guide to the marine life of Mumbai while engaging with history, culture and urbanism.
Super Powers on the Shore keeps science at its core, while borrowing from pop culture, psychology and life experiences as it introduces you to marine life along our coast.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to an “In Conversation” on the novel
“Rescuing a River Breeze” by Mrinalini Harchandrai
on Tuesday 17th June 2025 at 5 p.m.
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai cordially invites you to an “In Conversation” on the novel “Rescuing a River Breeze” by Mrinalini Harchandrai at the Durbar Hall at 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th June, 2025. The author will be in conversation with Sharon Irani.
Rescuing a River Breeze is set in 1961 in Goa, then under Portuguese rule, and revolves around the fictitious Quarachim family, hailing from Karachi and settled in Goa post partition, now well-integrated into the upper echelons of Panjim's society. A couple of months before the liberation of Goa in December 1961, the protagonist, 13-year-old Shirly Quarachim finds her daily life disrupted when her father is arrested on charges of treason. The young Shirley is caught between her personal world and the growing political turmoil around her as Indian troops come closer to the border and the threat of war and destruction looms large.
Mrinalini Harchandai is a poet and writer, and former Deputy Editor at Poetry at Sangam, an online literary journal. Her poetry and short stories are widely anthologised and have won international acclaim, including the Quarterly West Poetry Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Cid Pearlman Performance Project and Columbia Journal Spring Contest.
Her novel, Rescuing A River Breeze, published by Bloomsbury India, was shortlisted for The Asian Prize for Fiction, and long-listed for UK’s McKitterick Prize as well as for the Green Literature Festival’s Best Book Awards. She is a life member of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Born in Mumbai, Sharon Irani is a writer, researcher, editor and poet, she is deeply interested in history and literature. She too is a life member of our Society and one of the historical researchers to contribute to the Afghan Memorial Church Interpretation Centre.
We look forward to seeing you after the summer break.
Please join us for tea at 4.30 p.m
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub