Mumbaino Bahar by Ratanji Farami Vatcha. Translated by Homi D. Patel. Edited by Dr Zenobia Dumasia, Aban Mukherji and Rashna Poncha. Published in 2024 by The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 136, Bombay Samachar Marg, Bombay 400023; website: www.krcame.org; email: krcamaoi123@gmail.com/the krcamaoi@gmail.com. Pp: xxviii+618. Price: Rs 5,000.
Did you know that the first Parsi known to have settled in Bombay in 1640 was Dorabji Nanabhai? He came from a poor Parsi family of Mora Sumari in Surat district, and did very well in the administrative affairs of the then ruling Portuguese. This nugget from Mumbaino Bahaar shows how meticulously and scrupulously......