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Bombay. Mumbai. The city of seven islands, and even more names. Legend has it that when the Portuguese first anchored their ships in the natural harbor created by a series of mangrove-covered islands off India’s western coast, they called the area Bom Bahia, the good port. Anyone with a working knowledge of the Portuguese language can tell you that there’s a discrepancy between the masculine a...
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Andrea
Glad to see my favourite blogger on the front page! Another lovely, thought provoking piece, and you have not turned me off BOmbay